In 1939 a site for a shelter shed was selected in Cod Street due to its close proximity to the Tin Can Bay jetty and bathing enclosure. Through community and labor in a 'picnic like atmosphere' the 30ft by 18ft shed was completed by May 1940 using solid hardwood timber supplied by the Widgee Shire Council. A concrete floor was added in 1944 with etchings in the slab, indicating it was completed on the 8 December. Etching scratched in the timber were also made over time by people who frequented the shelter, leaving a memory mark for the future. Unfortunately, the timber construction fell victim to white ant infestation and the shelter shed removed in 2009

It was September 1959 when electricity was officially switched on in Tin Can Bay. The cables used for the extension from Gympie to Tin Can Bay were not copper but steel core aluminum making them lighter with greater  tensility requiring fewer posts keeping the project affordable. At a large ceremony that was held, State Treasurer Mr. T.A. Hiley extinguished a kerosene lamp to symbolize the passing of an era before the power was 'switched on.'

Did you know that in the 1990's Tin Can Bay had it's very own horse race events? The Picnic Races  were held on the foreshore sanflats down from Wes Mitchell Park. the 400m track would be prepared, including instillation of starting gates, had to finish before the tide came back in.

In the late 1950's Tin Can Bay shifted from a sleepy village to a boom virtually overnight. The catalyst: - Prawns. Local fisherman Fred Langford discovered prawns off western side of Inskip Point and the main prawning ground was located just outside of the bar. Within weeks of the news breaking, over 70 boats had arrived in the bay and the first on the scene were said to have been Tamoi, Viking and Pathfinder. Tin Can Bay now had a new commercial industry and well and truly on the map.

The Tin Can Bay Township water supply was established in 1967 and officially opened by the Minister for Education the Hon. J.C.A. Pizzy on the 9th of December.

The Wide Bay Training Area was first used by the military in the late 1940's and was purchased in 1953. Camp Kerr  was named after MAJGEN Donald Kerr CBE EC 2nd AIF, POW, Artillery. Due to the close proximity to the WBTA, defense training has been conducted in the Tin Can Bay township for decades.