Bell Mansion Sudbury

The Bell Mansion was built in 1907 from local stone, in Sudbury, Ontario by William Joseph Bell. Bell was a lumber barron and mostly responsible for the harvest of huge virgin timber from the Sudbury region at the turn of the 20th century. Sudbury was once known as" Saint Anne of the pines", giving notice to the collosal pine trees which once stood in this area. As the tree harvest depleted, mining and smelting replaced it as the base of industry in the region.        Early methods of ground level smelting of nickel ore caused sulfurdioxide gas to acidify the treeless landscape, rendering it sterile. Years of continued abuse and erosion left Sudbury with a reputation of being moon-like. Only in recent years has a vigourous regreening campaigne produced results in returning Sudbury to it's original glory as a forest paradise. Faint signs remain today of the previous forest; in huge decaying stumps, once the lifeline to the tallest pines in Ontario.     Bell, being childless, bequethed his entire estate to the people of Sudbury, to remain as a park. The bell mansion houses the Art Gallery of Sudbury today and the land remains a beautiful park on the shores of Lake Ramsey with many facilities for our citizens to enjoy.

9 1/4" X 20 1/2"

600 60 60 open

$110.ea. $160.ea. N/A $210.ea.

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