Sleeping Giant

Sleeping Giant is a striking mountain formation on Ontario’s Sibley Peninsula near Thunder Bay, shaped by erosion into mesas that from many western viewpoints resemble a giant lying on its back. Part of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, it includes sheer cliffs about 250 metres high, among the tallest in Ontario, and the prominent Thunder Cape long depicted by Canadian artists. An Ojibway legend identifies the figure as Nanabozho, turned to stone after the location of a rich silver mine at Silver Islet was revealed to white men. The landform links dramatic geology, Indigenous tradition, regional mining history, and enduring cultural identity in northwestern Ontario.

Ontario · Canada