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*The History of Ontario *
Forestry in Ontario

	At the turn of the 19 th century the province?s main industry was
lumber. Today the main forestry product is wood pulp. There are pulp
mills all along the shores of Lake Superior and paper products are made
in several areas near the western end of Lake Superior.

*Mining in Ontario *

When work crews penetrated the northern regions of Ontario while
building the transcontinental railway in the mid 1800?s they had no idea
they had stumbled on some of the richest mineral deposits in the world.
Today Ontario ranks first for mining in Canada. Gold was discovered in
Ontario and now one half of Canada?s gold production comes from here. L
arge copper deposits around the Sudbury region were first discovered in
1883 and today Sudbury is one of the world?s most important producers of
nickel. The area also mines gold, silver, cobalt and platinum. Iron Ore
is mined in the Lake Superior Region. Petroleum and natural gas have
long been produced south of Lake Huron, and were at one time centered
around the town of Petrolia. There are offshore gas wells along the
western edges of Lake Erie. 	

 

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