AIRPORT HOTEL - SOUTH PORCUPINE

A fixture in South Porcupine, the Airport Hotel. There are no runways here but a haven for float planes as the hotel is at the shoreline of Porcupine Lake. The building is quite nice to look at but the real eye catcher is the neon airplane on the roof.

Someone was asking information about the hotel. I would suggest contacting the Timmins Museum or City Hall. Good luck! Write back if you had any luck.

TIMMINS AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL

Took this picture on Toke Street, just north of Rochester. The new hospital is huge!

OLD ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL

NORTH VIEW

WEST VIEW

WEST VIEW

Many changes to the old building as it's being turned into a a manor / retirement home.
You can see in the background the east side is almost completed.

THE OLD EMPIRE HOTEL

Nice to see there's still life after the hotel folded. It's now a seniors home.

Sure miss the Fountain Court Room days and the all-you-can-eat weekend buffets.

SAND BOXES

Once winter arrives in Timmins, salt won't help melt ice in sub zero temperatures. Sand is the answer! These plastic yellow sand boxes are located everywhere and are used on public sidewalks and on the roadways. In the old days, the boxes were narrower and made of wood.

NEW TIMMINS BUS TERMINAL

The city chose a nice location for the new bus terminal hub for the city at the old railway station. The ONR bus service is located at the same place too. Note how big city buses are these days.

KAMISKOTIA HILL

This hill looks like a mountain from the city centre but seems a tad low up close. Nevertheless, Kathy Kreiner honed her skiing skills here and was the sole gold winner for Canada in giant slalom at the 1976 winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Way to go Kathy!

TIMMINS POUTINE - CHEZ-NOUS STORE

This was my second time in my life having poutine and this one was a disappointment. Room temperature fries and cold gravy on top of the cheese curds. The curds were quite thick and delicious though. Hope they can figure out a way to serve it hot someday.

I went there because Shania Twain was a regular way back when and even returned for a feature video.  lol
http://youtu.be/OHQLq50IoQY
Ok... I was kind of hoping she would have been there. <grin>

NEW TRAILER HITCH

TRAILER IS A BIT WIDE FOR CITY STREETS.  ha ha

TIMMINS SANTA PARADE - 2011

FRIENDLY ALPACA

FLOAT THAT LOOKS LIKE A BUS

SANTA IN TIMMINS

SANTA WARNING ME TO BE GOOD

Wow, a real treat to be in Timmins on the same day Santa came to town! He did warn me to be good for Christmas, while looking straight at my camera. I promised to behave until then.

RAVEN AT THE HOLLINGER PARK, TIMMINS (video)

This raven wanted to break the ice on the frozen puddle. It pecked on it and even stomped on it. It was at that location for over half an hour.