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Sightseeing Suggestions
Here are some quick suggestions for visitors with limited time in the city: The schedule is only a suggestion -- you may have more fun, or wish to take more time than mentioned below.

One Day Stay
To capture the essence of this city, here are suggestions for your first day (especially if its your only day) in Sudbury. Superstack with Air Ducts
  • Visit Science North, the top attraction to learn about te area's geology, flora and fauna.
  • Take a Cortina Boat Cruise around beautiful Lake Ramsey, from beside Science North.
  • Head west to see the Big Nickel Mine a vistor-riendly mine exhibit (visitors are not generally given tours of a working mine).
  • See the INCO Superstack, the world's tallest and largest chimney
  • Head northwest on Highway 144 to the A.Y. Jackson Lookout, with the waterfall immortalized on canvas by the Group of Seven painter.
  • Visit the Northern Ontario Railroad and Heritage Centre in Capreol to learn about the area's transporation history.
Extended Visit
If you are visiting for a longer period, there are a number of destinations worth visiting (each about a day, including driving):
  • Head west on highway 17 to Espanola, and then south onto Manitoulin Island, the world's largest island on a freshwater lake, Lake Huron.
  • Head east on higway 17 to North Bay on scenic Lake Nipissing, along the major fur-trading route of the early voyageurs.
  • Head south on Highway 69 to the French River, the fur-trading route that is now mostly protectd by parks along most of the stretch from Lake Nipissing to Georgian Bay
  • Head south on highway 69, and then west to Killarney and Killarney Provincial Park, at the junction of the North Channel and Georgian Bay.


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