Porcupine Neighbourhoods in Timmins
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situated @ eastern end of porcupine lake, northeast of community of south porcupine. porcupine represents easternmost part of city s urban core. known golden city in days. fire devastated area in 1911. great fire engulfed communities porcupine cochrane. people fled lake survive. founded @ beginning of porcupine gold rush. porcupine, pottsville , south porcupine 3 towns making 12 mile portion of gold-bearing land known porcupine camp.
pottsville
located on northwest portion of porcupine lake west of bridge on porcupine river. located between porcupine , south porcupine, constituted 1 of 3 towns making porcupine camp during porcupine gold rush.
it not considered part of porcupine today. people consider newer neighbourhoods (melview , woodlands subdivisions) located west within whitney township behind porcupine mall part of pottsville many disagree. ontario government complex services timmins area located here.
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