Monarchs and minesQueen Elizabeth’s visit to a mine in Sudbury shattered a Victorian stereotype

Queen Elizabeth’s visit to a mine in Sudbury shattered a Victorian stereotype

By Samuel Haughton

September 30, 2021

Queen Elizabeth walks alongside General Superintendent Ralph Parker at the Frood mine in Sudbury, Ontario. Courtesy of the City of Greater Sudbury Archives.

In June 1939, just three months before the Second World War broke out, Queen Elizabeth visited Sudbury, Ontario, and took a journey underground at the International Nickel Company’s (Inco) Frood mine.

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