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The Sleeping Giant is a series of mesas formed by the erosion of thick, basaltic sills on Sibley Peninsula which resembles a giant lying on its back when viewed from the west to north-northwest section of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. As one moves southward along the shoreline toward Sawyer's Bay the Sleeping Giant starts to separate into its various sections. Most distinctly in the view from the cliffs at Sawyer's Bay the Giant appears to have an
CBC's Seven Wonders of Canada Results Page, accessed 6 June 07
/ref> Ultimately it was not selected by the panel of judges, Ra McGuire, Roberta Jamieson and Roy MacGregor, who decided their vote by geographic and poetic criteria .
Sleeping Giant Background Information
' (2003) Queen's Printer for Ontario. . Retrieved on 26 September 2007. {{reflist
Information on the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Sleeping Giant Background Information
Information from the City of Thunder Bay on the Park
Landforms of Thunder Bay District Anishinaabe mythology Sills (geology) Rock formations of Canada Igneous petrology of Ontario
The Sleeping Giant is a series of mesas formed by the erosion of thick, basaltic sills on Sibley Peninsula which resembles a giant lying on its back when viewed from the west to north-northwest section of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. As one moves southward along the shoreline toward Sawyer's Bay the Sleeping Giant starts to separate into its various sections. Most distinctly in the view from the cliffs at Sawyer's Bay the Giant appears to have an Adam's Apple
The Adam's apple or laryngeal prominence is the protrusion in the human neck formed by the angle of the thyroid cartilage surrounding the larynx, typically visible in men, less frequently in women.
Structure
The topographic structure which is e ...
. The formation is part of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, established in 1944 as Sibley Provincial Park and renamed in 1988, is a park located on the Sibley Peninsula in Northwestern Ontario, east of Thunder Bay. The nearest communities are Pass Lake, in the township of ...
. Its dramatic steep cliffs are among the highest in Ontario (250 m). The southernmost point is known as Thunder Cape, depicted by many early Canadian artists such as William Armstrong.
One Ojibway legend identifies the giant as Nanabijou, who was turned to stone when the secret location of a rich silver mine now known as Silver Islet was disclosed to white men.
Sleeping Giant is the namesake and general setting of the 2015 Canadian film ''Sleeping Giant''.
Seven Wonders of Canada
It was voted number one for a list of Seven Wonders of Canada, with a total of 177,305 votes, beating theBay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy (french: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its extremely high tidal range is the hi ...
and Niagara Falls by almost 90,000 votes./ref> Ultimately it was not selected by the panel of judges, Ra McGuire, Roberta Jamieson and Roy MacGregor, who decided their vote by geographic and poetic criteria .
See also
* Nanabozho * Mount Susitna * Sibley Peninsula * Silver Islet, Ontario *Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, established in 1944 as Sibley Provincial Park and renamed in 1988, is a park located on the Sibley Peninsula in Northwestern Ontario, east of Thunder Bay. The nearest communities are Pass Lake, in the township of ...
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References
* Ontario ParksSleeping Giant Background Information
' (2003) Queen's Printer for Ontario. . Retrieved on 26 September 2007. {{reflist
External links
Information on the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Sleeping Giant Background Information
Information from the City of Thunder Bay on the Park
Landforms of Thunder Bay District Anishinaabe mythology Sills (geology) Rock formations of Canada Igneous petrology of Ontario