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The Inco Superstack looms above Sudbury, Ontario. At 1,250 feet, Inco is the tallest chimney in the Western Hemisphere, a decommissioned monument to a time when life revolved around the massive nickel and copper deposits found beneath this mining town by railway workers two centuries ago. Its weathered concrete is a historical beacon, reminding all of Sudbury’s blue-collar roots.
Ari David Blaff is a features writer with the National Post in Canada. Before that, he was a reporter at National Review and a Tablet Magazine fellow.
