Skead, Ontario

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Skead is a community in the Ontario city of Greater Sudbury.

From 1973 to 2000, Skead was part of the town of Nickel Centre, in the Regional Municipality of Sudbury. On January 1, 2001, the Regional Municipality was dissolved into the single-tier City of Greater Sudbury.

Skead is located approximately 25 kilometres northeast of downtown Sudbury, and situated on Lake Wanapitei. Home to over 600 year round residents, Skead was originally settled as a logging community.