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18th August 2026
They made bombs here for two world wars. Now, a Toronto group eyes a resort for Parry Sound’s former Nobel plant lands
History of the former CIL and DIL lands.The CIL and DIL lands are part of what was originally a 2,100-hectare land parcel purchased in 1912 by Canadian Explosives Limited (CXL) to build a manufacturing plant. Explosives manufacturing and storage began in 1914. The facilities supplied explosives for WWI and WWII. CXL became CIL in 1928, and DIL lands were partially decommissioned and used for other purposes, like testing jet engines for the Avro Arrow Project, according to a report shared by curr...