O'Donnell, Ontario

O'Donnell is a ghost town and former industrial area inside the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, which today is located on property owned by Vale Limited.

It functioned as a brief offshoot of the nearest major settlement along the line, the Inco company town of Copper Cliff, which today is a suburb of Sudbury.

[2] The town's growth was tempered in 1918 when the workforce requirements were reduced to 40 men due to the construction of an ore bridge, and the actual population hovered around 100.

Despite Inco's efforts to mitigate the issue, the environmental problems of open-air roast beds were clear and by 1929 the Canadian government began to take steps toward shutting them down.

The roast bed, however, can be seen in satellite images, and in 2012 the City of Greater Sudbury pushed to have it designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site to serve as a reminder of the catastrophic long-term consequences of industrial pollution and to commemorate the struggle of the people of Sudbury for environmental justice from mining companies, as well as the pioneering environmental reclamation work which began in the area in the 1970s.