Sudbury

Canadian nickel hub

Sudbury is a city in Ontario, Canada, known for its mining industry—particularly nickel extraction from the massive geological formation created by an ancient meteor impact.

The name also applies to towns in England, Massachusetts, and elsewhere.

She grew up in Sudbury before moving to Toronto.

city

nickel

Element twenty-eight, or coin

  • miningExtracting earth's resources
  • copperReddish-brown metallic element
  • ValeLatin for farewell

Canadian Shield · boreal forest · regreening · Wolves · hockey · snowmobile · lakes · fishing · ecological recovery

crater

impact

Forceful contact or consequence

bolide · asteroid · Precambrian · ejecta · geology · stratigraphy · drilling · seismic

education

self-directed

Managing oneself without supervision

free school · unschooling · progressive · agency · inquiry-based · experiential · holistic · play-based

Categories
Opposites
geographic/coastal position

Sudburycoastal city

Urban area bordering sea

port city · Vancouver · Halifax · seaside town · Miami

ECONOMIC BASE (for Sudbury, Ontario)

SudburyToronto

Ontario's capital city

financial center · Ottawa · Waterloo · Bay Street · Silicon Valley

CLIMATE/REGIONAL CHARACTER (for Sudbury, Ontario)

SudburyToronto

Ontario's capital city

Vancouver · Victoria · Windsor · Southern Ontario · Niagara Falls

Phrases
Family

bury, buries, buried, burying, burial

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G