Elliot Lake

Elliot Lake is best known in Ontario for its twentieth-century role as a uranium-mining centre. Uranium discovered here in 1953 led to the rapid development of a planned mining community, and the city’s Elliot Lake Nuclear and Mining Museum preserves that defining chapter. Set in the Canadian Shield of Algoma District, Elliot Lake is surrounded by boreal forest, exposed bedrock and numerous inland lakes, including the lake from which the city takes its name. Today, its extensive trail network and quiet northern setting shape a markedly different identity from Ontario’s larger urban centres. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Elliot Lake relates to northern Ontario’s Canadian Shield surroundings.

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