South Porcupine, Ontario

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South Porcupine is a community located within the City of Timmins, Ontario.

The community itself was founded in 1907 as an independent townsite for mining prospectors. It was subsequently merged into the Township of Tisdale.

The arrival of the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario (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.

In 1959, South Porcupine celebrated 50 years as a townsite with great festivities as the community was older than the larger City of Timmins to the west. Eventually, Tisdale Township, (South Porcupine and Schumacher) was amalgamated and became part of its larger neighbour to the west - Timmins.