Cobalt, Ontario
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Cobalt, Ontario is a small historic town in northeastern Ontario, Canada, best known for its early 20th-century silver mining boom and well-preserved mining heritage.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
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populated place ⓘ town ⓘ |
| category |
Company towns in Canada
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Mining communities in Ontario ⓘ Single-industry communities in Canada ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| discoveryOfResource | rich silver deposits in early 1900s ⓘ |
| geology | Precambrian rock formations ⓘ |
| governingBody | Town of Cobalt Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode |
249
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705 ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Heritage Silver Trail
NERFINISHED
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historic downtown core ⓘ mine site tours ⓘ |
| hasCulturalTheme | mining history preservation ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
abandoned mine workings
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historic headframes ⓘ historic mine buildings ⓘ well-preserved mining infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
heritage tourism
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small-scale mining-related services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Cobalt Mining Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodePrefix | P0J ⓘ |
| hasTrail | walking tours of historic mine sites ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | Ontario Northland Railway service (historically significant) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Historic Site of Canada (Cobalt Mining District) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Cobalt silver rush
NERFINISHED
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early 20th-century mining boom ⓘ historic mine sites ⓘ mining heritage ⓘ silver mining ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Canadian Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Timiskaming District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | northeastern shore of Lake Timiskaming ⓘ |
| namedAfter | cobalt (chemical element) ⓘ |
| near | Temiskaming Shores, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | historic Cobalt Mining District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakMiningPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicHistory | silver mining ⓘ |
| province | Ontario ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| silverRushStart | 1903 ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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