In the heart of Northern Ontario lies a town with a story etched into rock. Once a booming silver capital, today Cobalt is drawing attention for its rich heritage—and a new idea to explore it by bike
Cobalt has been a target or source of a number of Back Roads Bill stories. Why? Through AI it said, “Back Roads Bill, through Village Media, often explores Cobalt and its history, particularly focusing on its artistic and environmental connections. He has documented the town’s rich history, including the influence of artists who were drawn to Cobalt and its landscape, as well as the impact of mining on the environment.”
Hmmm… AI knows everything, right? There was a literary review, could this be true? Most recently, there was the story of how artists once looked at the silver town through their creative eyes in Cobalt artists and the environment (check the archive of Back Roads Bill’s work for Village Media at the bottom of this column). and a podcast on the same.
In 2021, an engineering marvel par excellence was featured in Now and then: Evidence of an old idea with new applications. Then there was the story of Herbie the ghost in the downtown core featured in Visiting a ghost in Cobalt for a paranormal backroads experience. You do believe in ghosts? “Holy moly,” there is the famed Canadian poet, Henry Drummond, featured in The poetry of place in Cobalt piece. He wrote The Red Canoe in Cobalt.
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