I went up North to my cousin's in Cochrane for the long weekend, and we took a little trip to Timmins on Saturday afternoon to visit some friends and go to see Star Wars there that evening. I had some time to kill so I took a little walk downtown to get some quick snapshots with my cheap-ass little digicam.

Timmins is about a 4 hour drive North of North Bay and has a population of around 45,000 -- although Timmins' city limits cover an enormous area that actually takes in the former towns of Schumacher, Porcupine and South Porcupine -- as well as a bunch of little rural hamlets scattered around the area. The population of Timmins proper is a little over 30,000. I found it to be a somewhat tough looking town in and around the downtown area.

Here's Downtown Timmins:

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been to Timmins once... went down on one of the mine tours, and camped at the Kettle Lakes. Pretty cool.

Like I said at the other site, "quiet for a Saturday afternoon"

If the name of the city wasn’t giving to me I would have thought this is some city in the middle of a dessert.

If the name of the city wasn’t giving to me I would have thought this is some city in the middle of a dessert.

Now, who would be dumb enough to build a city in a dessert? :tongue4:

I think Steeltown meant desert. In some of those images, Timmins looks like a much older city than some I have been to in Southern Ontario, looks a bit like St. Thomas. Timmins at one time used to be the largest city in LAND AREA in Canada, I think, and it still might be today. As well, it is SHANIA TWAIN's hometown, although she was born in Windsor.

Hmm, two pizza places right next to each other... :)

Timmins was the biggest, then Sudbury amalgamated and was bigger, and now Halifax is the biggest, in land area. It covers a big chuck, which, if painted all hot pink, would be visible from space! Probably..

Las Vegas, Phoenix, La Quinta. Pretty much any city in Arizona, southern California, Nevada and New Mexico.

Hey Medicine Hat is the driest city in Canada.

Glad to see some pics of my hometown...yeah, Timmins proper is about 31,000, but adding in South Porcupine, Porcupine, Schumacher, Mountjoy, etc. we're about 44,000. It's kind of sad though, we lost 4,000 people from 1996 to 2001, and North Bay was the only city in the North that grew. Hopefully things will improve, with the new library/health centre and athletic complex...Timmins hasn't seen anything big built for a while now.

Las Vegas, Phoenix, La Quinta. Pretty much any city in Arizona, southern California, Nevada and New Mexico.

And in Canada...Osoyoos, Kelowna, Penticton & Kamloops.

And in Canada...Osoyoos, Kelowna, Penticton & Kamloops.

Those aren't located in deserts at all. Your fanboyishness is really tiresome. You seriously need to see more of the world outside of BC cuz you always come off as a really ignorant person.

Doady
Your an idiot , these are all desert City's . How dare you insult someone who is correct when it is quite apperent you dont know what the hell you are talking about at all. Learn a bit about the rest of Canada before you go shooting your mouth off, your ignorant.

Timmins looks kind of boring.

...it is. It truly is.

Looks like a barren little place. Did someone say that was on a Saturday?....Yikes!