After two years in production, the Ontario Visual Heritage Project team, with the support of the Greater Sudbury Public Library and Heritage Museums and other community groups, have put together a two-hour documentary of the city's history.
Riches Beyond Our Rocks: Tales from Greater Sudbury will be launched in the Inco Cavern at Science North July 8. This free event will feature a screening of the two-hour documentary.
To kick off the evening, a reception catered by The Lake House and sponsored by the City of Greater Sudbury will be held at 6:30 p.m. The screening will begin at 7:15 p.m.
Funding for the project from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and FedNor was announced in July 2006. Now, the project is ready to be released in conjunction with the 125th anniversary of the railway reaching the city.
Riches Beyond Our Rocks: Tales from Greater Sudbury looks at the stories that make the district unique and the events that contextualize the area within the bigger picture of the country.
"The story of the City of Greater Sudbury is as diverse and rich as the rocks beneath its surface,and the roots of its people run just as deep," said Zach Melnick, project director.
"For centuries, the riches of the Sudbury landscape have attracted peoples from throughout Canada and the world. Lumbermen, prospectors, miners,and farmers are among the pioneering spirits who have called Greater Sudbury home.
"Here, through its multicultural population and industrial
endeavors, the echoes of the great moments of the 20th century
can be heard. But don't take our word for it - this story is
told almost entirely through the words of leading local
historians, such as Dr. Matt Bray, Dr. Dave Pearson and Dr.
Oiva Saranin, and through the exploits of the wife of the
region's first doctor, Florence Howey."
 
For further information contact James Fortin, curator of the
Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums at 692-4448,
[email protected]
. Visit the website at
www.visualheritage.ca
.
