Greater Sudbury
Greater Sudbury [ ˌ gɹeɪ̯ɾəɹsʌdbəɹi ] (French Grand Sudbury ) is a city in Ontario, Canada. With 160 274 inhabitants, it was the largest city in Northern Ontario in 2011. With an area of 3,227 km ² it is to Halifax terms of area, the second largest city in Canada with more than 100,000 inhabitants. From the population mostly just called Sudbury, is an administratively independent city, and therefore not part of a county or a Regional Municipality.
Structures
In Greater Sudbury is the second highest chimney of the earth and the highest in the Western world, the 381 m high Inco SuperStack. With this amount he is after 553 m high CN Tower in Toronto is the second tallest structure in Canada and comparatively as high as New York's Empire State Building ( without antenna).
Traffic
According to Greater Sudbury perform a whole series of highways. The main branch of the Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 17 leads in east-west direction. Highway 69 leads south to Parry Sound, where the free Highway 400 branches off to Toronto. Highway 144 leads north towards Timmins. The airport is served by regional airlines as Bearskin and Air Canada Jazz.
The Sudbury Junction Rail Station is approached from the transcontinental express train The Canadian, making Greater Sudbury has a direct train both in direction and in the direction Toronto Winnipeg -Edmonton - Jasper - Vancouver. Moreover, starts from the station Sudbury from the day train The Lake Superior, which runs through Chapleau (Ontario) to White River (Ontario). Both trains are operated by VIA Rail Canada.
Economy
In the northwest of the city center, the Sudbury Basin, a former meteorite impact crater is located on the edge there are very rich nickel and copper mines. The major mining companies are Falconbridge Limited and Vale Inco.
Main employer in Sudbury (November 2010) are:
Sports
The Sudbury Wolves play ice hockey in the Ontario Hockey League. 1953 and 1983 taught Greater Sudbury, the Canadian Curling Championship "The Brier " from. 2001, the city hosted the Women's World Cup in Curling. In 1988 the IAAF World Junior Championships were held in 1988.
Twinning
Greater Sudbury is twinned with Gomel in Belarus and Kokkola in Finland.
Famous sons and daughters of the town
- Al Arbour, ice hockey coach
- Larry Aurie, hockey player
- Alex Baumann, Olympic gold medal (1984 )
- Todd Bertuzzi, hockey player
- Hector " Toe" Blake, hockey player, coached eight Stanley Cup teams
- Michel Bock, historian and winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for French language non-fiction
- Daryl Brunt, participants with "Canadian Idol"
- Jeffrey Buttle, figure skaters
- Robert Campeau, banker
- CANO, 1970s folk rock band
- Ronald Peter Fabbro, Bishop of London ( Ontario)
- Mike Foligno, ice hockey player and coach
- Aaron Gavey, hockey player
- Mike Gillis, ice hockey player, coach and functionary
- Doug Mason, Hockey Coach
- Rick Bartolucci, Minister of Interior of Ontario
- Alex Trebek, TV presenter ( Jeopardy! since 1984)
- Devon Kershaw, cross-country skiers