Urban neighbourhoods of Sudbury
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This is a list of neighbourhoods in the urban core of Greater Sudbury, Ontario. This list includes only those neighbourhoods that fall within the pre-2001 city limits of Sudbury — for communities within the former suburban municipalities, see the articles Capreol, Nickel Centre, Onaping Falls, Rayside-Balfour, Valley East and Walden.
Downtown
The downtown of Sudbury is bounded by Ste-Anne Road/Davidson Street (1909) [1]pg 12 to the north, Douglas Street (1909) [1]pg 13 at Brady (1905) [1]pg 6/Elgin Street at Howey Drive to the south, Kitchener Street to the east and Alder Street to the west, and includes one of the city's largest concentration of retail businesses and offices.
The downtown core was the city's original neighbourhood, which was filled with early settler log cabins, none of which currently exist.
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With retail businesses in the city increasingly locating outside of the downtown core, particularly in the Four Corners,
One of downtown Sudbury's more unusual features is a five-acre park on the hill on Van Horne Drive in the southeast corner of the neighbourhood, centred on a grotto dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. The grotto was erected in 1907 on the private estate of Frédéric Romanet du Caillaud, a wealthy lawyer, writer and nobleman from Limoges, France who became one of Sudbury's first significant private landowners after moving to the city five years earlier.[6] After Romanet du Caillaud's death, ownership of the site passed to a local businessman's family, and then to a succession of community committees. A pathway depicting the Stations of the Cross was later added to the adjoining parkland in 1958.[8] The site later fell into disrepair, and following a vandalism incident in 1993 it was taken over by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, which refurbished the park and continues to operate it as a public outdoor shrine.
In 2010, the city announced that it was investigating the process of having the downtown core designated as a
Notable landmarks
- Tom Davies Square - 200 Brady Street (Brady and Paris) Public square with white office buildings. Bordered by Brady Street, Minto Street, Larch Street and Paris Street.
- CP Rail Station- 233 Elgin Street (Elgin and Minto) Former Canadian Pacific passenger rail station. Current location of Market Square. Designated Federal heritage site
- CPR Ticket and Telegraph Building- 49 Elgin Street (Elgin and Elm). Two-storey red brick building.
- Mackey Building - 56 Elm Street (Elm and Durham) Five-storey, brown brick office building.
- The Grand Opera House - 28 Elgin Street (Elgin and Beech) Four-storey brick nightclub with apartments and storefronts.
- Christ the King Church - 30 Beech Street (Beech and Durham). Roman Catholic Church with two bell towers.
Flour Mill
The Flour Mill neighbourhood is centred on Notre-Dame Avenue and Kathleen Street, immediately north of downtown Sudbury, from Jogues Street to Wilma Street, including the New Flour Mill business area north of Wilma St. to the Pioneer Manor. The neighbourhood around Leslie Street and Mountain Street was known as Primeauville, in honour of a local priest. The residential area Mont-Brébeuf with Collège Notre-Dame is part of this neighbourhood. In French, the community is known as le Moulin-à-Fleur. It is the French Quarter of the city. The French word "fleur" means here "finest, best, choiciest", and refers to "fleur de farine" (that is, the finest part of the flour). The French name translates therefore correctly as "Flour Mill" and not "Flower Mill". (In fact, it is the English pair "flour"/"flower" that derives from the single medieval French word flor/fleur, already carrying the two meanings. The term "flour" was spelled "flower" in English until the 19th century.[10])
One of the city's first neighbourhoods outside the original settlement, the Flour Mill was historically settled by
From the early 1900s into the 1960s, the neighbourhood was frequently flooded by spring runoff into Junction Creek.[12] In some years, the flooding was so severe that it extended into downtown. Due to improved flood control practices within the Ponderosa Floodplain, however, the neighbourhood has not experienced a significant Junction Creek flood since the 1960s.
Following the mill's closure, there were frequent proposals to demolish the silo and redevelop the property. These proposals, and their attendant controversy, continued until the silo was designated a city heritage property in 1990. It celebrated its Centennial in 2011. The historic home of the mill's foreman was converted to a community museum, the Flour Mill Museum, in 1974. There is a parkette and historic plaque at the base of the silo.
In 2007, the neighbourhood faced conflict as its local business improvement association battled a city plan to widen Notre-Dame Avenue, a major city arterial that passes through the neighbourhood, to six lanes to accommodate expanded traffic. In 2013, three pedestrians were struck by vehicles while crossing Notre-Dame Ave in the area between King and Wilma streets, resulting in the death of one of the pedestrians. Cyclists in the area typically choose to ride on the sidewalk rather than risk riding on the road, which has a speed limit of 60 km/h. The business association also launched a neighbourhood beautification plan, including adding an "avenue of trees" to Notre-Dame, new benches and community banners, and the construction of a waterpark facility in the neighbourhood's O'Connor Park.
In August 2007, the city's
The residential Cambrian Heights neighbourhood extends northward from the Flour Mill along Cambrian Heights Drive. Collège Boréal and its campus is in this area. In the south-east part of the neighbourhood lies Primeauville, which consists of Leslie, Mont Adam, Harvey, Myles and Mountain and St-Joseph streets. This area was named for a local priest and was separate from the rest of the Flour Mill until a bridge was built uniting what was then Pembroke Street off Notre-Dame, and Leslie Street. Previously, the only way to drive there was via Mountain Street.
Notable landmarks
- Flour Mill Silos - East side of Notre-Dame Ave at St. Charles St. Concrete silos painted yellow. The parkette includes miniature houses
- Catholic parish church of Église St-Jean-de-Brébeuf - 26 Kathleen St (Kathleen and Notre-Dame). Stone church with green spire.
- École catholique Sacré-Coeur - 261 Notre-Dame Ave (Notre Dame and Kathleen). Secondary school with large sports field.
Bell Park
The Bell Park neighbourhood, more commonly referred to as the Hospital area, although this term is out of date as most of the hospitals have been closed, centred on John and Paris Streets running north to Worthington Crescent, south to Science North at Ramsey Lake Road, west to Regent Street and eastward to McCrea Island. It is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city with homes dating from the late 1800s to the 1940s. The
New Sudbury
The New Sudbury area, centred on Lasalle Boulevard running east–west and BarryDowne Road running north–south. In French, it is known as le Nouveau-Sudbury. This area was a former farming community, with only a handful of the old farm houses still standing. It includes a mix of commercial development along LaSalle, such as the
The industrial area immediately surrounding the
South End
The South End of Sudbury includes the urban neighbourhoods of Robinson,[16] Lockerby, Algonquin, Moonglo, Nepahwin, and Lo-Ellen. The centre of the area is the Four Corners, a major commercial shopping district centred on the intersection of Regent Street, Paris Street and Long Lake Road. The Southridge Mall, located on the southeast quadrant of the Four Corners, is currently undergoing a major expansion.
The South End is currently one of the fastest-growing areas of the city, with significant commercial and residential development taking place especially in the Algonquin Road area. A significant controversy in recent years has involved the city's construction of a rock tunnel to increase the neighbourhood's sewer capacity — after a $4 million budget shortfall in the project, the city imposed a temporary levy on new development in the area.
There are two public high schools, Lo-Ellen Park and Lockerby, and one Catholic high school, St. Benedict, in the South End area. There are also two French-language schools in the area: École publique Hélène-Gravel and École catholique St-Denis.
The more rural McFarlane Lake and Long Lake areas may also be grouped with the South End, or may be treated as distinct neighbourhoods. McFarlane Lake once was home to a French school and a French church, both named St-Mathieu.
West End
The West End is the area located immediately west of downtown, centred on the intersection of Regent (1890) [1]pg 9 and Victoria (1909) [1]pg 49 Streets up to the westernmost end of the original city limits, south to Byng Street. The neighbourhood is primarily residential in character with some commercial properties along Regent Street and community facilities including Queens Athletic Park, with its track & field oval that becomes a skating oval over the winter. The park was home to one of the old water towers built in the 1940s, demolished in 2011, part of a pair bookending Old Sudbury.
Notable landmarks
- Northern Breweries - 185-227 Lorne Street (Lorne and Victoria Street). Large, vacant red brick factory building.
- Park Lawn Cemetery and Crematorium - 379 Horobin Street (Horobin and Arnley)
- The Societá Caruso or Caruso Club - 385 Haig Street (Haig and Whittaker). Large two-storey social club, banquet hall and restaurant with brown siding.
- Theatre Cambrian - 40 Eyre Street
- Queen's Athletic Field - 30 Cypress St, Sudbury
- Marguerite and Gerry Lougheed Community Park
Minnow Lake
Minnow Lake, one of the older residential areas in the former city, is centred on Howie/Bellevue/Bancroft Drives between the Kingsway (Municipal Road 55) and the north shore of Ramsey Lake, west to Moonlight Avenue. The area east of Second Avenue is sometimes known as Adamsdale. Minnow Lake also includes the eastern half of the Howey Drive area; the small neighbourhood centred on Howey Drive between Minnow Lake and downtown is occasionally known as Brodie. The small lake known as Minnow Lake can be seen from Bancroft Drive, Bellevue Street and Howie Drive, once had a sawmill operating on its shore, now there is the Millennium Fountain that shoots water in the air with coloured lights. The lake contains a couple of rocky islets: Du Caillaud Island and Romanet Island, named after a French count, Frédéric Romanet du Caillaud, who made Sudbury his home and left his mark upon it. Minnow Lake is home to the Silver City, Sudbury Curling Club, Carmichael Arena and its skateboard park, the Civic Memorial Cemetery and Branch 76 of the Royal Canadian Legion, which boasts a WWII Sherman Tank. There are also scenic trails around the lake and up the nearby rocky hills both at Blueberry Hill and Oak Forest. There are three elementary schools in Minnow Lake: Adamsdale Public School, Pius XII Catholic School and École St-Pierre.
Donovan/Northern Heights
Centered on Frood Road northwest of downtown, Donovan refers to the area immediately surrounding the intersection of Frood, Kathleen (1908)[1]pg 26 and Beatty (1920)[1]pg 4, and all lands north of Elm. While Northern Heights refers to the newer neighbourhood built in the 1970s to the north, between Rio Road (1964)[1]pg 41and St-Roch Lane (1983)[1]pg 44. The Donovan includes the smaller neighbourhood of Little Britain.
The area's narrow lots and laneways give it a distinctive appearance. Donovan Street (1928) was named for Timothy Donovan, farmer, who purchased the land from the crown.[17]pg 13 After WWII, the area was settled by many Eastern European immigrants, mainly from Ukraine, Poland, Finland and the former republic of Yugoslavia. Each of these ethnic groups founded community halls in the Donovan.
The C1915 photo is a view of the Donovan District taken from the rocky hill overlooking Dupont Street (1928)[1]pg 14. The road in the foreground is Bartram Avenue (1908)[1]pg 60, renamed Frood Road in 1938[1]pg 18 (Dupont is just out of view to the right of centre on Frood). The road on the right is Jean Street (1908) [1]pg 24 . The white church on the bend of Jean Street is at Antwerp Avenue (1908)[1]pg 3. The houses on the highest hill in the centre of the photo are on Burton Avenue (1908) [1]pg 9. Mont St-Joseph, the hill separating the Flour Mill & the Donovan are behind them in the mid ground with Mont Adam in the far background.
Gatchell
This area is south west of downtown, nestled between the West End and Copper Cliff's industrial area, centred on Lorne Street between the Big Nickel and Regent Street at Ontario Street. The slag heaps framing this neighbourhood are in the process of being turned into green hills, disguising a century of slag dump build-up, 300m high. This area has small 30-foot (9.1 m) lots, built mostly in the 1920s through 1940s. There are a large number of rental apartments in the area. The community is still very much a working class neighbourhood. The area was settled mainly by Italian immigrants, who helped found the local parish, St. Anthony. At the time, this area was home to the Western City Gate, long since demolished, a stone arch that was driven through on the way into town, one of two such gates in the city.
The community has four public elementary schools and three Catholic elementary schools.
The age of the community has provided a number of smaller shops and services conveniently scattered throughout its own commercial district mainly along Lorne Street. There are several large commercial and light industrial business as well.
The community is home to the Gatchell indoor swimming pool. Junction Creek is a natural landmark in this area and is currently undergoing a transformation as the Trans-Canada Trail is being constructed through the vacant lands along its banks. The neighbourhood's primary features are the Big Nickel numismatic monument park with its Dynamic Earth Centre and 'Delki' Dozzi Park, a park and sports complex that defines almost the entire northern boundary of the neighbourhood. The park was named after a prominent Italian-Canadian, local politician, Delchi Dozzi.
Copper Cliff
Copper Cliff, an area centred on Godfrey Drive and Creighton Road running south to Regional Road 55, was incorporated as a separate
However, in many respects it continued to be treated as a distinct community rather than as part of the city. For example, postal service in Copper Cliff was never integrated into the city's urban
A local community museum, the Copper Cliff Museum, is located on the site of the very first homestead in what is now Copper Cliff.
The community is now located in Ward 2 on Greater Sudbury City Council, along with the former town of Walden. The location on the south western edge of old Sudbury gives it ready access to the Fielding Bird Sanctuary and Fielding Park along Kelley Lake, to the south west.
This area also includes the micro neighbourhood of Little Italy nestled at the base of the Inco Superstack. Centred on Diorite Street and Craig Street, the area is reminiscent of Italy, with its tiny winding streets and charm. The Societá italiana di Copper Cliff (Italian Club) is one of the oldest social clubs in the area.
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