Land of Nipigon
Visitors from SpaceQuick Links
The First 3.5 Billion Years
The Last Billion Years
Glaciers - frozen past
Geological Map of the Region
Geological Features and where to see them
Gold and Precious metals
Visitors from Space
Land of Nipigon Adventure Guide
Download the full guidebook! Maps, information, pictures and advice to visiting the Land of Nipigon.
Land of Nipigon Travelers Map
GPS Enabled Smartphone map of the Land of Nipigon. Complete with fishing locations, things to do, things to see and more.
Geological History
Visitors from Space
Approximately 1.8 billion years ago, the relative peace of the Canadian shield was quite literally shattered by a 16km wide visitor from space. Where Sudbury exists now was ground zero for the impact which generated a 160km wide crater and ejected material kilometers into the sky.
The impact was so great that debris rained down in Thunderbay and around Lake Superior, as far west as 800km from the impact. The resulting fireball, air blast and tsunamis would have instantly changed the landscape for thousands of km around the impact. This wasn’t the last time we were visited from space.
A shatter-cone from the Sudbury impact
A shatter-cone from the Slate Islands
Slate Islands
Approximately 1.8 billion years ago, the relative peace of the Canadian shield was quite literally shattered by a 16km wide visitor from space. Where Sudbury exists now was ground zero for the impact which generated a 160km wide crater and ejected material kilometers into the sky.
The impact was so great that debris rained down in Thunderbay and around Lake Superior, as far west as 800km from the impact. The resulting fireball, air blast and tsunamis would have instantly changed the landscape for thousands of km around the impact. This wasn’t the last time we were visited from space.
