Friday, March 1, 2013

Timmins

The largest city near Iroquois Falls, is Timmins, perhaps best known for being the hometown of music has been Shania Twain.

No matter.

Timmins is like looking at Fort McMurray in a mirror. Like my home, Timmins whole economy is based around mining, except in their case they mine gold rather than oil. In fact, it seemed like everyone at the airport was involved in the mining industry at some level, everyone was either an engineer, a heavy equipment operator, tradesmen, or a project manager. How nostalgic.



Anyway, Timmins is different than Fort Mac in the sense that it didn't just explode overnight like our town did. It grew slowly, and that is obvious with all of the pros and cons with it. First off, there are a lot of big box stores that we wish we had. However they also don't have all the redundant double stores (Best Buy next to Future Shop). They also have a bunch of small businesses, that only an old school city can have. I went to a resteraunt called the Golden Dragon, and I had the best Chinese food I ever had. Mmm, dat General Tao's chicken, spicy and moist.

On the other hand, I can't help but get the feeling like their glory days are gone. That's not to say that Timmins is going to become a ghost town, but I feel like there won't be a lot of change in the near future. What you see there now, is what will be there ten years from now.

That said, it's a nice town. It's not overly big, but it has all the luxuries of a good comfortable life.


1 comment:

  1. Mining, walking around the site, maybe you can find a cup of gold.

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