From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City: A Historical Geography of Greater Sudbury

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City: A Historical Geography of Greater Sudbury

Entry/Object ID

2020.260.01

Tags

Sudbury, Ontario, Environmental History, International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), The Canadian Copper Company, Copper Cliff, Ontario, Lively, Ontario, Coniston, Ontario, Capreol, Ontario, Dowling, Ontario, Garson, Ontario, Levack, Ontario, Mining History, Onaping, Ontario, Skead, Ontario, Valley East, Ontario, Mond Nickel Mine, Canadian National, Canadian Northern, Canadian Pacific, Lumber History, Falconbridge, Ontario, Vale Canada, Indigenous History

Scope and Content

Book detailing both the geographical history as well as the history of the development of Sudbury, Ontario.

Context

The book discusses the history of the creation of Sudbury, Ontario, in both the geographical sense as well as the development and eventual organization into a town, later a city. It is broken down into 15 sections in order to cover the development and evolution of Sudbury: 1. The Unfolding of the Natural Landscape 2. The Aboriginal/Colonial Frontier 3. Drawing Lines on the Map 4. Forging of a Local Monopoly: From Prospectors and Speculators to the International Nickel Company of Canada (1883-1902) 5. Sudbury (1883-1939) 6. Copper Cliff (1886-1939) 7. From Local to Global Monopoly: The Merging of Inco and Mond (1902-1928) 8. Beyond Sudbury and Copper Cliff: Railway Stations, Mining Camps, Smelter Sites, and Company Towns 9. Beyond Sudbury and Copper Cliff: Forestry, Agriculture, Indian Reserves, and the Burwash Industrial Farm 10. From Falconbridge Nickel and Inco to Xstrata Nickel and Vale Canada (1928-2012) 11. From Company Town Setting to Regional Constellation (1939-1973) 12. From Regional Constellation to Greater Sudbury (1973-2001+) 13. A Union Town? 14. Healing the Landscape 15. Beyond a Rock and a Hard Place

Collection

Sudbury History, International Nickel Company of Canada

Cataloged By

Dale Wilson

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Oiva W. Saarinen, Wilfred Laurier University Press

Date(s) of Creation

1974

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City: A Historical Geography of Greater Sudbury

Description

Book detailing both the geographical history as well as the history of the development of Sudbury, Ontario.

Creator

Oiva W. Saarinen, Wilfred Laurier University Press

Date(s) of Creation

2013

Subjects

History, Nickel mining, Copper mining, Camps, Mining, Mining, Lumber, Lumber camps, Lumber industry, Cities & towns, Industrial development

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

32098

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

978-155458-837-4

Dimensions

Width

7 in

Length

9 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Sudbury History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

January 6, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Jan 6, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO) History

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Garson History

Place

Town

Garson, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Capreol History

Place

* Untyped Place

Capreol, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Copper Cliff History

Place

Town

Copper Cliff, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Coniston History

Place

Town

Coniston, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Northern Ontario History

Provenance Detail

Onaping Falls History

Place

Town

Onaping Falls, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Skead History

Place

Town

Skead, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Sudbury History

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Valley East History

Place

Town

Valley East, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged on December 28th, 2020 by Dale Wilson, re-cataloged on January 6th, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 6, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 4, 2022