Neighbourhoods in Timmins

Some former municipalities that were merged into Timmins continue to be treated as distinct postal and telephone exchanges from the city core.

"[1]: 99 Barbers Bay is located on the southern shore of Frederick House Lake along the municipal boundary with Iroquois Falls.

It also includes an area of bays dotted with cottages to the south, and just north of Kettle Lakes Provincial Park.

Located in the northeast portion of Timmins, it is north of Algonquin Boulevard and generally East of the streets with names of trees.

The neighbourhood has some of the oldest houses in Timmins and used to be where the wealthiest people lived including mine managers.

One of the early neighbourhoods in Timmins, it was first developed along the east bank of the Mattagami River in the 1910s by prospector Charles M Auer.

It is the northernmost subdivision in the urban core of Timmins, bounded by Jubilee Avenue, MacLean Drive and Airport Road.

Mountjoy, which comprises all of the city's populated area lying west of the Mattagami River, includes the Timmins Square shopping mall, Home Depot, Canadian Tire, Mark's, Best Buy, Staples and a Walmart Supercentre.

Also found in the Mountjoy, Le Domaine Beaurivage or more commonly known as Bonaventure Drive, is one of the city's most prominent neighbourhoods and is located on the riverbank of the Mattagami River.

Some people consider newer neighbourhoods (Melview and Woodlands subdivisions) located to the west within Whitney Township behind the Porcupine Mall to be part of Pottsville but many disagree.

Porcupine Gold Mines is currently engaged in a surface diamond drilling program on the previous Hollinger and McIntyre properties.

This activity aims to better determine the location and extent of underground mine workings in the area, which have caused sinkholes to appear.

Gold Centre is a small planned town site situated just 500 m (1,600 ft) southeast of Schumacher.

[1]: 86, 123 The arrival of the Temiskaming and 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.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the residents of the houses were evicted due to the expansion of the open pit mining operation.

During the late spring and summer, temperatures can rise considerably, sometimes accompanied by high humidity and unstable air masses.