page_title: Neighbourhoods in Timmins
section_title: South Porcupine
hierarchical_section_title: Neighbourhoods in Timmins / South Porcupine
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of T &amp; N. O. Railway Station at Timmins, Ont., early 1900s.
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: South Porcupine was founded on the southwestern shore of Porcupine Lake, due to its proximity to the mines. Locally, South Porcupine is traditionally known as "South End" and also more recently called "SoPo".
  The arrival of the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway (T&NO) rail system in 1911 accelerated the growth of the area; until then, the trek to the South Porcupine was done by canoe and by foot from Haileybury. That same year, (two days after the first train arrived in the South Porcupine), the entire area was destroyed in the fire of 1911. Because of the importance of the gold discoveries, very few people abandoned the area and it was rebuilt in two months.
  The Township of Tisdale, which later included the townsite of Schumacher (established in 1911) and the town of South Porcupine, was incorporated in 1909. The Township was later amalgamated and became part of Timmins.
  Notable people from South Porcupine include Jim Prentice, Gordon Thiessen, Bob Nevin, Murray Costello, Don Lever, Pete Babando, Bruce McCaffrey, Danny Belisle, Les Costello, Clayton Hill.
caption: T& N.O railway station in South Porcupine
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