>>> >>>>
The song "Sudbury Saturday Night"
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
Most Distinguishing Feature:
Inco, the giant Sudbury mining company, certainly has a special relationship with the the residents of Sudbury. Canadian folk singer Stompin Tom Connors, wrote the international hit Sudbury Saturday Night. This was a first in music history, where a song has propelled its artist to stardom and immortalized a
company (Inco) and city (Sudbury). Watch the Video.
>>> >>>>
Sudbury, Ontario: The Birthplace of Earth History
Location: Sudbury, Ontario Most Distinguishing Feature:
From a time in the distant past, long before the dinosaurs and back before time itself, Earth had a visitor. This visitor came from a distant land, looking for a new home and a new beginning. Today, over two billion years later, the remnants of her encounter with our planet, can still be seen in Sudbury.
Her encounter with our planet was not by chance. She was sent by a civilization that had technology, so far beyond our understanding that even today they remain silent. However, their silence is only as we perceive it, for they have been interacting with Earth for two billion years. In 1884, a major discovery concealed in the ancient rocks of the Sudbury Basin has led to the writing of a book titled, "2 Billion Years Ago, A Heavily Armed Warship Went Into Earth Orbit."
This book is about the historical legacy of the Sudbury Basin. It is an exciting and riveting story based on historical events. The book will challenge or complement the bible depending on how you view religion. The book's release date has not been finalized yet. You Tube video ad for this book on page 2
>>> >>>>
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)
Location: Sudbury, Ontario The neutrino observatory is located 6,800 feet underground at Inco's Creighton Mine, located in Sudbury, Ontario. The neutrino detector, detects solar neutrinos from our sun through their interaction with a tank of heavy water. The detector started operations in 1999 and was shut off at the end of 2006.
In the book "2 Billion Years Ago, A Heavily Armed Warship Went Into Earth Orbit, Miriah, who is the guardian of our solar system indicated, the Sudbury Observatory has detected a phenomenon near the outer fringes of Earth's solar system. The scientists have not figured out what it is but Miriah tells us, every time she turns Paradise's cloaking veil on and off, it causes a massive disturbance in the neutrinos striking the Earth. This is what they are detecting. Paradise is her residence, which is a huge space docking station.
>>> >>>>
Sudbury Trees, Used to Rebuild Chicago
The Sudbury area prior to 1872 was the home to a thriving forest, of the largest population of Red Pine and White Pine trees in the world. Then in the autumn of 1871, about five square miles of Chicago went up in flames. The call went out, Chicago need lumber and plenty of it. Sawmills were built virtually overnight in key locations through out the Sudbury district. Trees were cut at an alarming rate and when the dust settled, huge tracks of land were almost treeless. It was the first strike of several that would send the Sudbury landscape, to the edge of death. But the Earth is resilient and with a little help from Sudburians, the trees are making a come back.
>>> >>>>
The Big Nickel
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
The Big Nickel is a 30 foot high replica of a 1951, Canadian coin and it is located on the grounds of Dynamic Earth. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest coin.
>>> >>>>
HMCS Sudbury
World War II Corvette warship
HMCS Sudbury was a small, maneuverable, lightly armed corvette class warship that served the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Her chief duty was to protect convoys in the North Atlantic. Sudbury was laid down at Kingston Shipbuilding Ltd on January 25, 1941 and launched on May 31, 1941. She was commissioned into the RCN on October 15, 1941 and declared surplus and decommissioned by the RCN on August 28, 1945.
Sudbury entered civilian service as the S.S. Sudbury and underwent several ownership changes. In 1954, the Island Tug and Barge of Victoria, B.C. purchased her. She was converted to an ocean-going tugboat and retained her original name. Her most daring rescue took place in Nov./Dec. 1955. She saved the Greek freighter Makeconoia in the North Pacific. Sudbury towed the disabled vessel for 40 days through some of the roughest weather imaginable before arriving safely at Vancouver. That incident made headlines around the world and for the next decade Sudbury was one of the most famous deep sea tugs on the Pacific coast.
Unlike most of her sister ships, Sudbury proudly retained her original name until the very end. In 1967 she was saluted one last time before going to the ship graveyard in Victoria. She was named after the city of Sudbury, Ontario.
S.S. Sudbury 11
In researching the HMCS Sudbury, new information surfaced that she had a twin sister ship named S.S. Sudbury 11. The only information found states this ship remained in service until 1979, when she was converted into a fishing ship by her new owners. This ship sank in Hecate Strait in 1982. This website would appreciate any information about her early life. Contact information is at the bottom of this page.
>>> >>>>
Eddie Shack, NHL Hockey Player
Born in Sudbury in 1937
Eddie Shack (Jersey # 23) rose to fame in the golden era of the NHL. He was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1961 and remained there until the autumn of 1967. It was during these years, the fans and his team mates labeled him with the title, "The Entertainer". One writer described Shack as a big puppy let loose on the ice. He was a fierce fighter and a force to be reckoned with. He became a legend in his own time, when Doug Rankine and the Secrets recorded the song, "Clear the Track, Here Comes Shack" in his honor. The song rose to #1 on the Canadianpop charts and remained there for 3 months.
>>> >>>>
Hwy 400, Ontario's North South Corridor
The Ontario government is currently in the process, of extending Hwy 400 from Barrie, Ontario to Sudbury, along the existing Highway 69 corridor. It is scheduled for completion by 2017.
Once completed, Sudbury will be linked to Toronto by a 4 lane expressway. As of this date 2008, it is 100 miles from Sudbury.
>>> >>>>
Science North
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
This world class science centre, has several levels full of science education and family fun. Also featuring an IMAX Theatre, Virtual Voyages Motion Simulator Ride, the Butterfly Gallery and the 4D bush plane adventure, Wings Over the North.
>>> >>>>
IMAX Theatre Sudbury
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
The only Imax Theatre in Northern Ontario is located in Sudbury.
>>> >>>>
Dynamic Earth Sudbury
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
Dynamic Earth tells the stories that have been unearthed from the 1.8 billion year old rock that surrounds the City of Greater Sudbury, the mining capital of Canada. >>> >>>>
GBC Video
GBC Productions
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
GBC Productions was founded in 1980 by a local Sudburian. The companies direction at that time was video taping weddings,
graduations, dances, concerts, real estate, etc. By the summer of 1982, the company was poised to phase itself, out of video taping and into a new media called video movie and vcr rentals. In September 1982, GBC Productions opened a small video store at the west end of Lasalle Blvd. It advertised itself as the store, which had the lowest movie rental prices in Sudbury. Within six months, the video store had used up all available space for displaying the movie boxes. In September 1983, GBC Productions moved to a larger facility at the Sudbury Supermall in the same building as the liquor store. The name was changed to GBC Video and a year later the growth of the store had been so great that all the available space was again used up. In 1984, GBC Video won an award for being the number one independent video store in Ontario. The criteria was customer satisfaction, store design, sales, extent of movie selection, location and customer service. In 1984, GBC Video opened a second store called GBC Productions. It was located in Hanmer, Ontario about twelve miles north of Sudbury.
By the summer of 1985, GBC Video was making plans to open Sudbury’s first mega video store. It would be an 8,000 square foot facility that would be stocked with not only movie and vcr rentals, but would retail the latest in vcrs, televisions and video cameras. This super store was going to open in the summer of 1986. However, GBC Video’s computer tracking clearly indicated a slowdown in movie rentals from 1985 to 1986. The store opening was delayed and finally cancelled, when the slow down continued into 1987. GBC Video closed both its stores in the spring of 1987. The feeding frenzy of renting movies had clearly run its course. After closing the stores in 1987, GBC Video put most of its movie inventory into corner stores outside of Sudbury. The territory ranged from North Bay in the east to Blind River in the west. It took another three years before the inventory was low enough that a purchaser emerged. By 1990, GBC Video was no longer an entity. During the years GBC Video was open there was much speculation as to what GBC stood for. The three letters stood for Georgian Bay Country. |
