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Books are an important part of history whether personal or regional. Debbie Morin provided extracts of two Cochrane-related books, shown below. For more books about the Cochrane area, see the list provided at OntarioGenWeb Gold in Porcupine by Michael Barnes Timmins the Porcupine Country by Michael Barnes
Gold in the Porcupine by Michael Barnes Published by Highway Book Shop, Cobalt Cntario The story of the early prospectors in the Timmins - Porcupine area. You will the find names of people mentioned in the book in the list below. This is followed by Northern town names. If you wish more information go to your local library or purchase the book. The following is a list of names appearing in the book in no particular order. Noah TIMMINS Noe TIMMINS Napoleon 'Fred' LAROSE David DUNLAP Frank COCHRANE Willet MILLER John McMARTIN Duncan McMARTIN Alphonse PARE Reuben D'AIGLE Billy MOORE W. PARKS Bob MUSTARD Alex GILLIES Benny HOLLINGER Clary DIXON Tom MIDDLETON Sandy MCINTYRE (Alexander OLIPHANT) Hans BUTTNER Harry PRESTON Cliff CAMPBELL Frank CAMPBELL George BURNS M.J. O'BRIEN CULBERTSON Charles FLYNN Charles DENNISON A. FREEMAN J.P. BICKELL Jack SHIELDS Alex KELSO Jack DALTON Caroline Maben FLOWER John CONLAN Fred SCHUMACHER Jules TIMMINS Edward Orr TAYLOR W. Milton YORKE Eddie HOLLAND Barney McENANEY Henry TIMMINS Jake ENGLEHART E.M. BURWASH E.O. TAYLOR Father PARADIS Victor MATTSON Henry BANELA George BANNERMAN Tom GEDDES Jack WILSON Jack McMAHON Jack MILLAR W.S. EDWARDS Dr. T.N. JAMIESON REID Jim LABINE R.C. CAMPBELL John McMAHON John Hays DRUMMOND Ambrose MORELL Captain Joseph DELAMAR Tom GILLIES Bob WEISS Bob HATCH A.C. BROWN Cliff MORSE Fred M. CONNELL Johnny JONES R. J. 'Dick' ENNIS Sir Henry PELLAT CRAGG MILLEN Charles MACHEAN Joseph DALAMAR J.A HUGHES John BUCHAN Jack LECKIE Scotty WILSON Cornelius HURLEY These place names include towns, townships, rivers and lake mentioned in the above book. Some of these places no longer exist. These are not all the places mentioned. I have tried to list only those in Northern Ontario. Alexo Aura Lake Boston Creek Bourke's Cobalt Cochrane Dead Man's Point Delbert Lake Dome Driftwood Englehart Frederick House Frederick House Lake Gillies Lake Gogama Golden City Haileybury Keefer Township Kelso Kirkland Lake Lake Timiskaming Larder Lake Massey Matheson Mattagami River Mattawa McDougall's Shutes Miller Lake Monteith New Liskeard Nighthawk Lake North Bay Pearl Lake Porcupine Porcupine Lake Porquis Junction Pottsville Ramore Sandy Falls Schumacher Scotty Spring Shaw Township Shillington South Porcupine Spanish River Star Lake Sturgeon Falls Sudbury Timmins Tisdale Township Whitney Township
Timmins the Porcupine Country by Michael Barnes Published by The Boston Mills Press This is a story of the Timmins area. It includes not only the prospectors and founding fathers but all different types of people and their stories. You will the find names of people mentioned in the book in the list below. This is followed by Northern town names. If you wish more information go to your local library or purchase the book. The following is a list of names appearing in the book in no particular order. Maggie LECLAIR D'IBERVILLE Richard GOOD CAPASCOOS Reuben D'AIGLE Billy MOORE W. PARKS Bob MUSTARD E.M. BURWASH KAY Charles CAMSELL Simon COTTON Edward Orr TAYLOR Father PARADIS Victor MANSEN Harry BENELLA Charlie AVER A.G. HUNTER Alex KELSO George BANNERMAN Tom GEDDES 'Hardrock' Bill SMITH Joe VIPOND Bill DAVIDSON Clary DIXON Alex GILLIES Tom MIDDLETON 'Handsome' Charlie DENNISON Jack WILSON W.S. EDWARDS T.N. JAMIESON Harry PRESTON Cliff CAMPBELL Frank CAMPBELL George BURNS Benny HOLLINGER Alec GILLIES Jack MILLER Jack MACMAHON Gilbert LABINE Noah TIMMINS Henry TIMMINS Al PARE Barney MCENANEY Sandy MCINTYRE Alexander OLIPHANT Hans BUTTNER R.G. CAMPBELL REID Jim LABINE Johnny SAUVE John MCMARTIN Duncan MCMARTIN David DUNLAP Cyril KNIGHT M.J. OBRIEN CULBERTSON Ambros MONELL Joseph DELAMAR Alan ROSE Tom CONNORS GIRARD Bert SCHAFFER Jimmy JONES Father Les COSTELLO Guy PICHE Ken DARKE Ned BRAGAGNOLO Pat SHERIDAN Charles FLYNN A. FREEMAN J.P. BICKELL Sylvester KENNEDY Jake ENGLEHART Bob HATCH Charlie PERCY George MURRAY Tom GEDDES Cap DUNBAR Hawley CLAYTON Henry JOY James BROOKE Billy MOORE Andy LEROUX Henry PETERS Leo MASCIOLI Jack SHIELDS Johnny JONES Bob WEISS Jack MUNROE J.P. BARTLEMAN John CAMPSALL Charlie RICHARDSON Jack DALTON M.H. MACKAY Cliff MOORE Billy GOHR Edith FORSYTH John NOVACK Fred CONNELL Charles PIERCE Dayton OSTROSSER Henry OSTROSSER Caroline MABEN Jack DALTON W.H. WILSON Shirley CRAGG Fred SCHUMACHER Ambrose MONELL Sam BUCOVETSKY Tom KING Percy ROBBINS Father THERIAULT AUMONT W.M. PRITCHARD Siegfried ATKINSON Henry PELLAT Alex BORLAND MATIMISH Conn SMYTHE Mike QUINN Cliff MCFADDEN Harry PETERS George JAMIESON Walter WILSON Robert ALLEN George ZOLOB Pete BENKI George POND Don MCKINNON John LARCHE Fred ROUSSEAU Jimmy JONES Simond FLORIA P.B. MCCRODEN Real SEGUIN Karl SPRINGER Ed HUNT Stan DELUCE Ira GRAHAM Ossie MARTIN Fred JACKSON Dolphis CHARBONEAU Roy THOMSON Art HUMPHREYS Wilf SPOONER Bob MINER SCOTT Sam FISHMAN Doug WRIGHT Fred LAROSE James DENNY Inky WOOD Walter HONER Lawrence HAZARD Joe HIRSHORN Oliver HALL Leo DEL VILLANO Father O'GORMAN Jules TIMMINS Leo TIMMINS Thelma BARKWELL Denham GREER Harvey GREER Margaret HAINES Henry KELNICK Barbara Ann SCOTT Jack Kent COOKE Emile BRUNETTE Ben BAUMAN Mrs J.A. THOMS Dennis BRAITHWAITE Jeanne LARCHER Sammy DAVIS Jr. Jules BASCHE Viola MACMILLAN George MACMILLAN Aleen MCMARTIN D.M. DUNLAP Donald TENCH J.V.BONHOMME George WAITE Mike AYOUB Pete BABANDO Alan STANLEY Art HUMPHREYS Wilf SPOONER Conrad LAVIGNE Joe FERRARI Bill BARILKO Albert HUDSON Jim THOMPSON Emmanuel LALONDE Joe HIRSHAM Murdo MARTIN D.C. FINLAY Gordon SINCLAIR Glen SMITH Jim PRINCE Jack AUSTIN Roland MICHENER Kathy KREINER Ken THOMSON Yvon JODOUIN Christof WEIDNER Gaston MALETTE CHARTRAND Tom TIMMINS These place names include towns, townships, rivers and lake mentioned in the above book. Some of these places no longer exist. These are not all the places mentioned. Those listed are in Northern Ontario. Abitibi River Alexo Aura Lake Barber's Bay Bob's Lake Boston Creek Bourkes Bristol Twp Cobalt Connaught Copper Cliff Delbert Lake Deloro Twp Driftwood Edward's Point Englehart Frederick House Gillies Lake Gold Island Golden City Golden City Gowganda Haileybury Hill's Landing Hill's Landing House Lake Hoyle Iroquois Falls Island Falls James Bay Kapuskasing Kelso Kenogamissi Lake Keyson Kidd Twp Kirkland Lake Lake Wartowaha Larder Lake Larder Lake Matachewan Matheson Mattagami Mattagami heights Mattagami River McDougall's Chutes Miller Lake Monteith Moose Factory Moose River Mountjoy New Liskeard Night Hawk Lake North Bay Papakomeka Lake Pearl Lake Pearl Lake Piscoutagamy Porcupine Porcupine Lake Porcupine River Porquis Junction Pottsville Powell's Point Ramore Reid Lake Rouyn Ruperts House Sault Ste. Marie Schumacher Scotty Spring Shaw Twp Slim Creek South End South Porcupine Spanish River St. Germain Sudbury Tatchikipika River Temiskaming Three Nations Lake Timmins Tisdale Twp Whitney Twp Return to Top
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