Sudbury, Ontario
Sudbury, at with a population of approximately 166,000, is the 31st most populous city in Ontario. It is geographically the largest municipality.
Sudbury's main industry is mining, as it is located over the site of Planet Earth's collision with a giant object from space.[1] Most of the population of Ontario live in the southern arable portion of the province. Sudbury is an exception, being located in the Canadian Shield portion, that had most of its soil wiped away the Laurentian glaciation, and other recent glaciers.
the object that struck the Sudbury area was originally assumed to be an asteroid but the suggestion has been made that the crater shows the object was a comet.[1]
References
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"Sudbury Basin formed by comet, not asteroid, researcher says". CBC News. 2014-11-22. Archived from the original on 2026-01-04. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
When it slammed into the earth, it punched a hole in the Earth’s crust, allowing the mantle below to well up and fill the basin with a thick sheet of melted rock. A subsequent shock wave shattered the surrounding rocks, riddling them with fissures and faults that filled up with precious minerals from the melted rock below.