How the Richest Rock on Earth Poisoned an Entire City: Sudbury, Ontario

Sudbury, Ontario was built on one of the richest rocks on Earth — a buried treasure of nickel, copper, and minerals that helped power industry, war, technology, and the modern world. But that wealth came at a terrible cost. For decades, mining and smelting turned Sudbury into one of Canada’s most polluted industrial cities. Forests died, lakes became acidic, the land turned black, and the sky filled with smoke from the massive smelters that made fortunes underground and damage above it. This documentary tells the story of Sudbury: from the discovery of its extraordinary mineral basin to the rise of the nickel empire, the growth of Copper Cliff and INCO, the environmental destruction that scarred the region, and the long fight to repair a landscape once compared to the surface of the moon. How did one of the richest mining regions on Earth poison an entire city — and how did Sudbury begin to recover from the damage? A story of wealth, industry, pollution, survival, and the Canadian city shaped by the rock beneath its feet. #Sudbury #Ontario #CanadaHistory #NickelCity #CopperCliff #MiningHistory #IndustrialHistory #CanadianHistory #HistoryDocumentary #ForgottenCanada #Documentary