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Canada is a leading producer of nickel and the mining of this metal has contributed significantly to the nation’s economy. The industry is closely tied to the Sudbury basin whose mines have produced the greater part of the metal in this country.…

The establishment of a Canadian Pacific Railway work camp here in 1883 stimulated the growth of a frontier community. Within a year a bustling settlement containing boarding houses, stores, and a hospital had emerged. Through it suffered a temporary…