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  Greater Sudbury, Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Greater Sudbury was created in 2001 by amalgamating the cities and towns of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, along with several previously unincorporated geographic townships.
Sudbury has lent its mining heritage to two major tourist attractions: Science North, which is an interactive science museum built atop an ancient earthquake fault on the shore of Lake Ramsey, and Dynamic Earth, an earth sciences exhibition which is also home to the Big Nickel, one of Sudbury's most famous landmarks.
Sudbury is also home to the Sudbury Theatre Centre, the Cinéfest film festival, the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, the Art Gallery of Sudbury, the annual Northern Lights Festival Boréal folk festival, and numerous community museums.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greater_Sudbury,_Ontario   (2522 words)

  
 Ontario
There are approximately 250,000 lakes and over 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi) of rivers in the province.
the thinly populated Canadian Shield in the northwestern and central portions, a mainly infertile area rich in minerals and studded with lakes and rivers; sub-regions are Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario.
Beginning with Sir John A. Macdonald's the National Policy (1879) and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1875-1885) through Northern Ontario and the Prairies to British Columbia, Ontario manufacturing and industry flourished.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/on/ontario.html   (2976 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Ottawa Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Ottawa urban area extends for considerable distance to the east, west and south of the centre, and includes the former cities of Gloucester and Nepean.
Across the Ottawa River, which forms the border between Ontario and Quebec, lies the city of Gatineau.
Wright discovered that transporting timber by river from the Ottawa Valley to Montreal was possible and Ottawa was soon booming based almost entirely off timber.
www.ipedia.com /ottawa.html   (1335 words)

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