The Porcupine fire in 1911 as Canada’s version of the Big Burn, a complex of fires that swept through the northern Rockies of the United States in 1910 and resulted in sweeping policy changes.

The Porcupine fire in 1911 as Canada’s version of the Big Burn, a complex of fires that swept through the northern Rockies of the United States in 1910 and resulted in sweeping policy changes. The ...

The fire moved uncontrollably upon the towns of Porquis Junction, Iroquois Falls, Matheson and Ramore – destroying them completely. In all, the fires burned an area of approximately 2,000 square ...

The Porcupine has endured its fair share of tragedy and disaster. The Porcupine Fire of 1911 devastated all of the young mining communities, but all were rebuilt thanks to the determination of the ...

South Porcupine, a mining camp in northern Ontario, under thick clouds of smoke during a wildfire in 1911. Photo by Henry Peters, Library and Archives Canada, PA-029808.

The Porcupine fire in 1911 as Canada’s version of the Big Burn, a complex of fires that swept through the northern Rockies of the United States in 1910 and resulted in sweeping policy changes.