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Sudbury District

A horizontal rectangular lapel pin with a gold background. A lower-case letter ‘e’ extends into three waves above the name “Espanola”.

Espanola, Town of

Espanola was founded as a company town for the Spanish River Pulp and Paper company and the community grew around the mill. The mill would close during the depression, but would reopen in 1943 under new ownership. A succession of ownership continues until 1998 when it was purchased by Domtar and continues to be the town’s largest employer.

A lapel pin with a voyager padding a canoe down a river with four pine trees in the background. Below the scene is the name “Riviere des Francais” in French and “French River” in English.

French River, Municipality of

In 1997, the community of Noëlville in French River hosted a family hockey tournament with 17 teams playing. This tournament has grown to be Canada’s largest and longest running annual hockey tournament with as many as 36 teams and families competing each year to raise money for local charities.

A tall rectangular lapel pin with a white background. Two green arc shapes surround a yellow four pointed star. Below is the name Greater | Grand Sudbury.

Greater Sudbury, City of

Composed of the urban core and several suburban communities, Sudbury is the largest municipality in Ontario by area, and the fifth largest in all of Canada. There are 330 lakes within the municipal boundaries including Lake Wanapitei which is the largest lake in the world that is entirely within the boundaries of a single city.

A lapel pin with a curved upper half. Along the edge of the top of the pin is the name “Township of Sables-Spanish Rivers”. Below is a scene of a lone pine tree standing in front of a large body of water and a blue sky. Two waves flow in front of the three. At the bottom of the pin is the statement “Incorporated 1998”.

Sables Spanish Rivers, Township of

Sables-Spanish Rivers named after the rivers of the same names, and is home to Chutes Provincial Park which is in turn named after a logging chute that once diverted logs around a waterfall on the Sables.

A round brass lapel pin. Around the border is the English and French name “The Municipality of / La Municipalite de St. Charles”. Inside the border is a shield divided into three sections. In the top left section is a lion wearing a crown and holding a maple leaf. In the top right section in a scene of a farm with two silos. The bottom half of the pin shows trees standing behind a body of water and in front of a sunrise. Below the lower border of the circle is a cutout box with the motto “Fieds Virtus Fortitudo”.

St. Charles, Municipality of

St. Charles was build as a railway town in an area with large available plots of good farmland. Agriculture was diverse including crop growing as well as animal husbandry. The first cheese factory opened in 1917 and would become one of several that operated during the early 1900s with the cheese being delivered to other communities on the railway.

Former Municipalities

A square lapel pin with a white background. A green letter S with silver geometric figures appears on most of the pin. At the bottom in English and French is the name City of / ville de Sudbury.

Sudbury, City of

The City of Sudbury was reorganized into the Regional Municipality of Sudbury in 1973.

A 12 sided lapel pin shaped like a Canadian 5-cent coin and divided in half by two curved lines. In the top half is a smaller 12-sided shape surrounding a representation of the geographic boundaries of the former Region of Sudbury. To the right of this shape is the title “Region of/de”. In the bottom half is the name “Sudbury”.

Sudbury, Regional Municipality of

The Regional Municipality was merged with other communities into the City of Greater Sudbury in 2001.

Still Need

Still Need: Township of Baldwin; Township of Chapleau; Municipality of Killarney; Municipality of Markstay-Warren; Township of Nairn & Hyman

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