One of the interesting things about visiting northern Ontario was a trip to the Big Nickel. Yes, its actually a giant nickel. You can read all about it on
Wikipedia here or just read on. Its about 30ft tall and site on pillars next to Dynamic Earth, home of a mine museum and activity center near Copper Cliff in Sudbury. Located right next the Super Stack (the chimney of the smelter) the big Nickel is one of the more interesting things to see in Sudbury. As someone said recently, “its a big piece of pocket change, I don’t get it”. While that’s true, its exactly the point. Its interesting that the nickel itself was organically very controversial and we built three feet outside of city limits, today it has become a landmark synonymous with Sudbury,