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caused the entire underground portion of the mine to collapse down to its fifth level (the 750-foot/229 m level), creating a crater which pulled into itself the mine's power house, a worker's home, and 500 feet (152 m) of CPR mainline track. With no injuries suffered, the disaster became an overnight sensation which attracted sightseers, and the crater left by the mine quickly filled with water and became an artificial lake. The mine was no longer deemed operational and was abandoned, though some buildings were still left standing including the
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residents after the Mond company purchased the nearby mine and expanded its workforce. After the infamous mining disaster nearby, the original townsite was abandoned and many residents left; however, a new townsite was established in alignment with the highway to the north, and throughout the 1930s and 40s, it primarily functioned as a highway service outlet. In the 1950s, the community had a brief revival due to resumed mining activity at the Kidd-Copper and Totten mines, and the highway nearby was designated
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town), including the Anglican and Presbyterian churches which today still stand in Coniston. The public school was closed in 1914 and children of the remaining inhabitants were forced to walk 4.2 kilometers to the Mond public school, which remained open as the mine there was still active. During this time, all of the smelter workers relocated to Coniston, leaving behind only a hundred or so residents.
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The townsite continued to be inhabited by a number of people for decades, ironically surviving longer than its twin town of Mond, which became a ghost town when the mine was closed a decade later in 1923, with the last house being removed in 1936. During its lifetime, the mine produced almost 620,000
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In these early years, the town, which was laid out to the north of the CPR line, grew rapidly, receiving a post office in 1900, a CPR passenger station in 1904 (enlarged in 1908), and an assortment of businesses and services, which included a butcher shop, barbershop, dry goods and grocery retailers,
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On October 3, 1927, abnormal rock shifts were observed and management made the decision to evacuate the 46 day shift workers underground and cancel the night shift. Additionally, the town of Worthington was also evacuated as a precaution. At 5:50 a.m. on October 4, a ground fault gave way, which
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and the aging group of original settlers had mostly shut down their working farms by the 1950s, with many of the lots being subdivided and sold off. Nevertheless, many of their descendants continue to live in the area, which is heavily influenced by Finnish culture, though the single-room schoolhouse
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to the south, which had been established in 1824, to Naughton, so that it could be closer to the CPR line. The trading post closed in 1896, and during the 1920s and 1930s, many of the original buildings at the trading post site were demolished or burned down, though the store itself survived until at
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The town was closely connected to the nearby community of Turbine. However, in the 1960s, many families began to move away from the community for economic reasons, and by 1975 the community was virtually abandoned. Homes were demolished or relocated, and by the mid-1980s the power plant was the only
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Whitefish is located approximately 14 km (8.7 mi) west of Lively, near the western terminus of the Highway 17 freeway route. Whitefish's postal delivery and telephone exchange also include the community of Den-Lou, which is named for its location straddling the boundaries of the geographic
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Worthington was established as a community in 1892 and functioned as a basic settlement with 35 dwellings, a company store, a railway station and a post office. By 1910, there were several more establishments including a hotel and social hall. Its population gradually increased to a peak of 400-500
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in 1913, which was closer to the other company-owned mines, as well as having a better connection to the CPR's new Toronto-to-Sudbury line. In the same year, the Victoria Mines smelter was closed. Many buildings were dismantled and moved by rail to Coniston or Worthington (itself now another ghost
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method. The following year, it upgraded the air compressor on the site with one originally located at the Frood Extension mine. Mond's rapid development of the mine created a pillar of natural rock. As ore was extracted, workers underground observed cracks in this pillar, which Mond addressed with
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in 1913 as Mond abandoned its previous operations at Victoria Mines. Mond quickly sank a third shaft to a depth of 200 feet (61 m), completed modernization of the mine's equipment, and built several workers' cottages at the site to help house its 110-man workforce. The mine became operational
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Students in the English catholic stream attend St. James Catholic Elementary School and St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School. Those in the English public stream attend either Whitefish's R.H. Murray Public School or Lively's Walden Public School for elementary education, and Lively District
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In 1986, the town was closed down. and all of the town's homes and businesses were torn down or moved to Lively. Some residents initially fought the plan, but were not successful in convincing the company to change its plans. Upgrading the town's water, sewer, and road systems to contemporary
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rather than being sent to Mond's Coniston smelter. In 1918, Mond continued its rapid development of the mine by deepening the third shaft to about 750 feet (229 m), developing existing mine shaft areas, and expanding its workforce to 220 men, while internally expanding the mine using a
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in 2011, which inherited the claims. Construction was slated to begin on a new mine by 2015 with operations to begin in 2019, but KGHM slowed down its development at the site due to depressed metal prices. As of early 2019, the project was still at pre-environmental assessment stage.
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tons of ore. A few buildings survived on the site well into the 1950s, but by the 1980s there were only three structures remaining, which were two company-built houses and the separate school. As of 2017, only one structure remains standing, a two-storey company house.
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with two shafts at depths of 35 and 95 feet (roughly 11 and 29 m). In 1894, however, mining operations at the site were suspended. Development began in 1907 to modernize the mine's equipment, but was suspended in 1909. The troubled mine was acquired by the
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of Waters and Drury, Dennison & Graham with the unincorporated geographic townships of Lorne, Louise and Dieppe and parts of the unincorporated townships of Hyman, Trill, Fairbank, Creighton, Snider and Eden. The name "Walden" was chosen as an acronym of
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The town had a population of around 2,200 at its peak in the 1940s, although the population slowly declined after improvements in the area's transportation networks made it easier for workers to live away from the company townsite.
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Secondary School for middle school and high school education. Those in the French public stream attend Helene Gravel and Macdonald Cartier. Those in the French Roman Catholic stream attend St-Paul and Sacré Coeur.
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Starting in the early 1910s, Mond Nickel had begun to expand its operations around the Sudbury area, and the Garson mine's output had outstripped the original Mond Mine's production. Mond opened a new smelter in
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youth athletics club, which was an affiliate of the Finnish-Canadian Amateur Sports Federation (FCASF). Founded in 1921, club members won victories while competing against athletes from Sudbury, Creighton,
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facilities. It was named for an early settler, Charles Lively. Prior to the community's establishment, a few family farms were located in the area. The most notable of these, the Anderson Farm, is now the
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standards would have cost the company over $ 10 million, a cost which the company deemed to be prohibitive. By 1989, most buildings had been demolished, and the town officially had no residents.
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construction superintendent James Worthington, notable as the person responsible for the naming of Sudbury after his wife's hometown in England. At this time, it was operated by the
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A few streets, sidewalks, and building foundations can still be found in the area. A monument was also placed in the community commemorating the people of Creighton.
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is currently under active operation after its own history of sustained closures and periods of operation, being originally operated from 1915 to 1917 by the
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and switched to electric power, leading to more than a doubling in ore capacity. Additional power arrived in 1916 from the Nairn Falls hydroelectric plant.
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timbers to brace it. Undaunted, Mond continued its plans to deepen the shaft to 1000 feet (305 m) and continued to extract ore from the upper levels.
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is undergoing discussion in regards to extending the freeway through Den-Lou. As of 2016, Whitefish had a population of 219 people in 100 households.
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Operations at the mine began in 1899 and were in full swing by 1901. Meanwhile, a smelter had been built two miles to the south of the mine, on the
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company town, took its name from the geographic township in which it is located, which was named by the province of Ontario in the 1880s for
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of Lorne, west of Whitefish. Like many communities in Northern Ontario, the modern history of Beaver Lake started with the building of the
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A small residential subdivision just north of Lively, long known as "Dogpatch", officially rebranded itself as Little Creighton in 2015.
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exploration work and new shafts being sunk, but developments were abandoned in 1971 and the mine was allowed to flood in 1976. In 2007,
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The administrative and commercial centre of Walden, Lively was established in the 1950s as a company townsite for employees of
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Population computed by combining Census Tracts 5800130.00, 5800131.00 and 5800132.00 and removing the Whitefish Indian Reserve
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region means that residents of Whitefish, Beaver Lake and Worthington also have access to several radio stations, including
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through the area in the late 1880s. With the discovery of nickel deposits bringing jobs and settlers to the Sudbury area,
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ison. Other names were suggested, but the final selection process had narrowed the naming options to Walden or Makada, an
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trophy bearing his name awarded to the player scoring the most points during the season. Ross was also inducted into the
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No intercity transit is available in the Walden area despite most of its communities being situated along the
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was incorporated on January 1, 2001. The name Walden continues to be informally used to designate the area.
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Creighton Mine, also known as simply Creighton, is located near the intersection of Municipal Road 24 and
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Contains extensive coverage of the mining and transportation development of some of Walden's communities.
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and by 1917 had shipped 172,000 tons of ore, the majority of which was sold to the CPR to be used as
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The name "Beaver Lake" refers, generally, to the westernmost end of the former Town of Walden, along
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immigrants in particular settled in the Beaver Lake area, south of the CPR line between Sudbury and
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In 2002, mineral rights in the area were acquired by FNX, which merged with Quadra in 2011 to form
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Victoria Mines is a ghost town. It was established by the Anglo-German chemist and industrialist
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dam and power plant were built on the Spanish River. This power plant, owned and operated by
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Industrial Communities of the Sudbury Basin: Copper Cliff, Victoria Mines, Mond and Coniston
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Prior to the municipal amalgamation, Walden was the largest town by land area in Canada.
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Sports Pioneers: A History of the Finnish-Canadian Amateur Sports Federation 1906-1986
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and Worthington mines. Production at the smelter initially employed 20 men, using
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Better Known as Beaver Lake: An History of Lorne Township and Surrounding Area
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branch, which processed ore from the nearby mine site as well as from the
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Naughton is also home to a number of historical plaques commemorating
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began to rehabilitate the existing mine, which was reopened in 2014.
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Canada 2011 Census Community Profiles: Population Centre of Lively
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is visible to the left and the low-slung CPR station to the right.
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The Worthington Mine ore body was initially discovered in 1884 by
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Marker stone at historic site of the community of Creighton Mine.
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and general store were both casualties of this community crisis.
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in 1968. However, the community was bypassed to the south by
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High Falls is a ghost town located near the junction of the
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Naughton was originally established as a point along the
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Walden was previously served by monthly newspapers, the
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was introduced, the town was dissolved when the city of
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for workers at the smelter that processed ore from his
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Lively is also home to the Walden area's branch of the
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Exterior of the Beaver Lake Sports and Cultural Club.
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John Lovell & Son. 1908. pp.  830: 781: 705: 625: 617: 602:The community was home to the Whitefish 559: 551: 473: 407: 2128:Populated places disestablished in 2000 1698:. Sudbury, Ontario: Nickel Belt Rails. 1560: 1543: 1385: 1305:"Whitefish Lake Post Historical Plaque" 1060:. Neither are currently in production. 2100: 1693: 1333: 1738: 1614: 1593:Charbonneau, Yvan (17 January 2015). 1513: 898:The town was created in 1904, when a 815:in 1973 upon amalgamation and became 686:, as well as many other communities. 673:The community was also known for its 630:The former Beaver Lake General Store. 447:Lively was the first area hit by the 306:, and the provincial constituency of 263:population 10,292) was a town in the 2118:Populated places established in 1973 1539:Ontario Abandoned Places: High Falls 1001:Victoria Mines is the birthplace of 910:remaining vestige of the community. 2029: 1904: 517:in 1881. 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Index

Location of Walden within Greater Sudbury.
Greater Sudbury
Province
Ontario
Greater Sudbury
Ward
Greater Sudbury City Council
MP
Viviane Lapointe
Liberal
MPP
France Gélinas
NDP
Time zone
UTC−05:00
EST
DST
UTC−04:00
Postal Code
Area code(s)
705
249
Walden Community Action Network
Canada 1996 Census
Canadian province
Ontario
Regional Municipality of Sudbury
regional government
Greater Sudbury
Greater Sudbury City Council

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