2. /Columbia Encyclopedia
  3. /Places
  4. /United States, Canada, and Greenland
  5. /Canadian Political Geography
  6. / Cobalt

Cobalt

Cobalt kō´bôlt [key], town (1991 pop. 1,470), E Ont., Canada, NE of Sudbury, near Lake Timiskaming. Once a center for cobalt and silver mining, the area is now economically depressed. The town has a mining museum and an annual Miner's Festival.

    The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia,6th ed. Copyright © 2023, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

    See more Encyclopedia articles on:Canadian Political Geography

    sandbbox logo
    ©2022 Sandbox Networks Inc. All rights reserved. Sandbox Learning is part of Sandbox & Co., a digital learning company.