As part of its centennial celebrations next summer, the town of Cobalt, Ont., is having a poetry contest in honour of William Henry Drummond, a Canadian poet who owned and operated a mine in the area in the early 1900s.
The theme of the contest is the Spirit of the North, and submissions will be accepted until March 1, 2003. The best entries, either in English or French, will be published in a book. All entries must be original and not subject to copyright.
Entries should be sent to Cobalt Centennial Poetry Contest, Box 469, Cobalt, Ont. P0J 1C0. E-mail: jim.dunning@cobalt2003.ca.
The centennial celebrations will also include mine tours, a prospectors’ camp, a soap box derby, Heritage Trail tours, and a slow-pitch tournament.
Situated in the Timiskaming district, Cobalt was the site of a 1903 silver discovery. Legend has it that blacksmith Fred LaRose, working for the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, threw a hammer at a fox and uncovered the first of many rich silver veins. The town received its name when cobalt was discovered with the silver mineralization.
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