page_title: Neighbourhoods in Timmins
section_title: Porcupine
hierarchical_section_title: Neighbourhoods in Timmins / Porcupine
caption_attribution_description: English: Author - John Monaghan Source - HP Photosmart R7171
context_page_description: The city of Timmins, Ontario, Canada contains many named neighbourhoods. Some former municipalities that were merged into Timmins continue to be treated as distinct postal and telephone exchanges from the city core.
  According to Barnes, "With the staking of the three great properties, The Porcupine came alive as hundreds of canoes bearing prospectors...Golden City and Pottsville sprang up, with South Porcupine soon to follow."
context_section_description: Situated at the eastern end of Porcupine Lake, just northeast of the community of South Porcupine. Porcupine represents the easternmost part of the city's urban core.  It was originally known as "Golden City" in its early days.  A fire devastated the area in 1911. The great fire engulfed communities from the Porcupine to Cochrane.  People fled to the lake to survive.  It was founded at the beginning of the Porcupine Gold Rush.  Porcupine, Pottsville and South Porcupine were the three towns making up the 12 mile portion of gold-bearing land known as the Porcupine Camp.
caption: Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome, destroyed by fire in 2015
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