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The Courthouse Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection

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Superior Room, 1 King Bed, Partial View, Corner Room, Non Smoking | Beach/ocean view
Superior Room, 1 King Bed, Partial View, Corner Room, Non Smoking | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds
Superior Room, 1 King Bed, Partial View, Corner Room, Non Smoking | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Pet friendly
    Pet friendly
  • Gym
    Gym
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
277 Camelot Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7A4B3
  • Magnus Theater
    5 min walk
  • OLG Casino Thunder Bay
    9 min walk
  • Hillcrest Park
    13 min walk
  • Thunder Bay, ON (YQT-Thunder Bay Intl.)
    15 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Non Smoking

Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Superior Room, 1 King Bed, Partial View, Corner Room, Non Smoking | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Superior Room, 1 King Bed, Partial View, Corner Room, Non Smoking

  • Lake view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Lower Levels

  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Room, Multiple Beds, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Suite, 1 Queen Bed with Sofa bed, Non Smoking (Upgrade) | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Suite, 1 Queen Bed with Sofa bed, Non Smoking (Upgrade)

  • Lake view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Accessible Room, 1 King Bed, Nonsmoking | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Accessible Room, 1 King Bed, Nonsmoking

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Standard Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Superior Lake View Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking (Upgrade)

  • Lake view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

View all photos for Superior Lake View Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking (Upgrade)

Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Superior Lake View Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking (Upgrade)

  • Lake view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible, Non Smoking

Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the neighborhood

Thunder Bay

Located in Thunder Bay, The Courthouse Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection is in the entertainment district, within a 15-minute walk of OLG Casino Thunder Bay and Hillcrest Park. .This hotel is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Prince Arthur's Landing and 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Port Arthur Stadium.

What's nearby

  • OLG Casino Thunder Bay - 9 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Port Arthur Stadium - 3 min drive - 1.8 miles
  • Thunder Bay Community Auditorium - 4 min drive - 1.9 miles
  • Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre - 5 min drive - 2.9 miles
  • Intercity Shopping Centre - 5 min drive - 2.7 miles

Getting around

  • Thunder Bay, ON (YQT-Thunder Bay Intl.) - 15 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪On Deck - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Roosters Bistro - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Subway - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Red Lion Smokehouse - ‬8 min walk

About this property

The Courthouse Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection

Beaux Arts hotel with free breakfast and a 24-hour fitness center
The Courthouse Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection offers 40 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. Bathrooms include bathrobes, slippers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

This Thunder Bay hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 40 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, as well as phones with free local calls.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a 24-hour fitness center, or other amenities including complimentary wireless internet access and a picnic area. Additional features at this Beaux Arts hotel include a banquet hall and a vending machine.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and an elevator. Planning an event in Thunder Bay? This hotel has 2723 square feet (253 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and 2 meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym

Family friendly

  • Crib (surcharge)
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • 2 meeting rooms
  • 2,723 square feet of conference space

Outdoors

  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Grab bar in shower
  • Hand-held showerhead
  • Height-adjustable showerhead
  • In-room roll-in shower
  • Portable shower seat
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible bathroom vanity
  • Wheelchair-accessible business center
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 3 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Beaux Arts architecture
  • Built in 1923
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Crib (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Slippers
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 49-inch flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Free local calls
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 19

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of CAD 20.00 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
1 total (up to 50 lbs per pet)
Specific rooms only; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are available for CAD 15.0 per night

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: CAD 100.00 per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: CAD 20.00 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: CAD 15.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of Commitment to Clean (Choice)

Property is also known as

Courthouse Hotel an Ascend Hotel Collection Member
The Courthouse Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection Hotel
The Courthouse Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection Thunder Bay
The Courthouse Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection Hotel Thunder Bay

The Courthouse Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 662 out of 1001 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 207 out of 1001 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 71 out of 1001 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 37 out of 1001 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 24 out of 1001 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

monique

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Historic property
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Duke

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Only thing that I would request is that they really scrub the bath tub. Other this this great place to stay!!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Its a beautiful building.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

James

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is a repurposed renovated historic courthouse. The rooms in this hotel are amazing! Very large with 12 ft ceilings and very large windows. Beds are very comfortable. Amazingly quiet! I had great sleep here. Very good amenities - fridge, coffee maker, AC, terrific ventilation, excellent bathroom. My main complaint with the hotel is its breakfast service - very limited, the same every day, and they don't make enough coffee. 2 days in a row only one hour into breakfast service and both urns of coffee are empty. The staff need to literally just check periodically to see if they need to make more. The only other issue is that the staff don't seem to clean the lawn and grounds - there were items of garbage that remained on the front lawn for our entire 3 day stay - get on it people! If these 2 items are addressed, then I would give this place a solid 10 out of 10 rating.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Duane

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

bruno

Traveled with pets, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed our stay very much. The hotel was very clean. Breakfast was very good. Exceeded our expectations
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice comfortable room. Just what we were looking for after a long drive. Gorgeous building! Excellent location
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Modern renovation in century courthouse. Gorgeous & luxurious
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Randy

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful rooms at reasonable prices. Beds are super awesome
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Bob

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alyce

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was my second time staying here. It's a lovely, comfortable hotel walking distance from downtown and waterfront. Definitely recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

david

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
When renovating this old building there was not enough effort in sound proofing the floors. We could hear every movement in the room directly above us including hearing going to the washroom. Nice having access to coffee and juice in the morning No pen in the room or scratch pad to write information down
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Norma

No exercise room. Tv didn’t work. Coffee machine in room was broken. No room service as promised. We were in a basement with very limited ability to see outside. This hotel needs better management
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Farbod

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Susan

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
On my way home from a Superior Circle Tour, my family and I stopped at this hotel. I had booked ahead and paid a premium for a lake view room. I have a service dog and we were put in the basement in Room 8005. It was dank and the only thing we saw from the window was the front lawn above. This gets worse. At 6am the breakfast service began and there were 3 hours of loud footsteps and scraping of chairs over our heads. I'm not sure if we were assigned the dungeon room because we had a service dog who, by the way, was non shedding and crate trained. I won't be returning here. It was very poor value and my much needed night sleep was cut short by the morning noise.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael, Chester

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms at the courthouse were renovated, quite spacious, and even on the luxurious side. The location is close enough for a quick walk down to the lakefront. There’s a beautiful view of the lake from the courthouse. The staff was friendly, professional, and attentive to our needs. I definitely would stay here again and recommend it to others.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kurtis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautifully done room, spacious, large windows and clean. Check in was smooth. Breakfast was excellent, hot fare and good coffee.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved the historic facility.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Muhammad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were doing their best however, they were at times overwhelmed. For example, calls to the front desk unanswered, issues with the TV took a while for someone to respond, kitchen staff were overwhelmed and many guest would just leave their dirty dishes and the sole person in charge of the kitchen could not keep up with cooking, washing dishes and busing tables. Clean and charming hotel with great potential. 24 hour fitness room was closed at 8pm even though it said 24 hours. These issues did not hinder my overall satisfaction with the hotel as I had a lovely stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Alan, Richmond

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
We were first given a room where the a/c didn't work. Staff agreed to let us move to a different room, but the footsteps from the unit above were so loud due to squeaky floors and poor sound insulation that I couldn't sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Louis

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Furnishing was nice and stylish and the bathroom was high quality.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024