Great Porcupine Fire
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Great Porcupine Fire
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The Great Porcupine Fire of 1911 was one of the most devastating forest fires ever to strike the Ontario northland. Spring had come early that year, followed by an abnormally hot dry spell that lasted into the summer. This created ideal conditions for the ensuing disaster, in which a number of smaller fires converged. Porcupine, a community on the north side of Porcupine Lake, in the city of Timmins, Ontario, Canada, was the site of a huge gold discovery in 1907. On July 11, 1911, when the Porcu
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1911 devastating forest fire in Ontario, Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Porcupine_Fire
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2023-09-24T15:15:58Z
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