You have Porquis in the wrong location on your map .It's actually on hyway 11 ,you have it on the Monteith rd.

I spent the first 18 years of my life growing up in Porquis Jct. It was the best - we had three corner stores - one still stands today. To the best of my knowledge this one was originally owned by the Doxie family. The other two were owned by the Manzuk and Frank families. We also had four churches - United, Catholic, Anglican, and Jehovah Witness. The United Church is the only one that remains standing and has been converted into a house. The others have been torn down. We attended Porquis Public School from grades 1 to 8. This was a 4 classroom school and the principal at that time was Mr. Bill Glembus. For high school we had to travel to Iroquois Falls - 6 miles away. The Canada House was also a thriving business in the 60's/70's - the local hotel was owned by Joe Tremblay. The Porquis RR Station was also a busy place where travelers rode by rail to other parts of Ontario - this building has also been torn down. Enjoyed your write ups on other towns in that area....hope to see more.

Porquis was a big part of my life. My dad owned the Canada Hotel a place where everyone met after work for a cold beer . Life was simple then , friends were friends and recreation was free. Its sad to return and see the sadness of a lost town . The stations are no longer there and the hotel is just a memory.I was there recently for my Uncles funeral and saw a lot of old faces but none familiar . I guess we have all aged. Time moves on but Porquis is etched in my heart.....

Enjoyed many years of my youth in Porquis Jct. Many memories of playing for the Porquis Barons hockey team. Non of that indoor rinks hockey, good old outdoor rinks. Being able to go into the shack to get your fingers and toes warmed up by the wood stove and enjoying a hot chocolate to warm your insides. Sad to hear that they took down the train station, my father was the station agent there for many years. Too much of our history is being torn down, soon there will be nothing for our children and grandchildren to experience as we did.

I only lived in Porquis for about the first 6 or 7 years of my life but they were the best. My best friend at the time was Randy Tremblay and i would love to here from him again.

Hi Edith, you can email me and I can give you some info on how Randy is, and you can tell me about how Sharon is perhaps?

Hi Lori. I was so shocked when I saw your name on the visitors comments. Can I find you on Facebook? Is your name Tremblay still or again? I'm back to Cornell and you can find me on Facebook. I'm going to send Sharon a message tonight and let her know that you are looking for her to catch up with things.

Hi : I am a new observer of your page. Did you know that Porquis handled all the long distance phone calls from Timmins until 1950. I maintained eqipment here from 1951 to 1957 which was used on the telephone and telegraph lines. My wife Rita worked at the Porquis Long distance board in 1950. She would board at the original railway station in the Wye The Chief operator was their house mother as well. When she went to Matheson on her day off she would say to the girls "Don't have boys in and don't burn the place down" A comment on your Monteith story I believe it would be more useful to use the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway than old ONR. The name was changed in 1946. Keep up the good work , I have a vast collection of the area from Matheson to Moosonee which I call the Abitibi frontier. Lorne.

hey there i ahve been to the blues fest many times and think it is the greatest littel party around good music good friends beer weather what else can u ask for ? Ihad my 50th B'day there and wont forget it :) man a 3 day Party well hope it is just as good in 2010 :)ps the name came from being on the rail line between iroquis falls and porqupine so they called it porquis ( so i was told heard read )

I was very lucky to be able to grow in Porquis Jct. We were the famous White Kids. I take great pride in this little village and always get a kick when I say where I'm from and people remember the train station.

THE LAWS are coming to Porquis Junction on Sept. 10 & 11, 2010 at the Porquis Recreation Center. They are a husband and Wife team from Nashville. Tickets will be going on sale in July. See you there

I am the director of the Pioneer Museum in Iroquois Falls and have enjoyed your comments on Porquis. By Christmas of 2010 we will have for sale ($29.95) a history book of Iroquois Falls and surrounding areas including Porquis.Our number is 705-258-3730- order now as we have a limited number of copies.

I love P-town with all my being and soul!! I miss growing up there so much! My mom has lived there her whole entire life and I want to return soon too....if anyone wants to leave or sell their house let me know, i'd come back to the simplicity of life. We NEVER had reason to say we were bored, despite the size of the town we always had something to do. My uncle worked at the station, my g-pa lived there for as long as i can remember and my mom and her brother are still there....and i'm sure i can still name every street, tell you were every house is and who lived/lives there.

Just read on the Ontario Northland website that passenger train service has been restored to Porquis Junction on the Northlander. So passengers from Iroquois Falls are now able to catch the Northlander at Porquis Junction instead of taking a shuttle to & from Matheson.

I spent most of my childhood in PJ, almost every weekend it seems.My father grew up there but moved to Timmins, so we would go visit Nanny. Even though I'm in my 40's, it brings tears to my eyes when I think back to how wonderful life was in that little piece of heaven called Porquis Junction.

Hi Amazed to see a P board in existence.Born and raised in porky town , left from 23 to 35 and returned. Happily living there again and working in Timmins. The landmarks are gone and no watering hole but still a peacefull little town that still knows how to rock.Hello to Edith, MJ and Sopchyshyn. Tim

Hi Amazed to see a P board in existence.Born and raised in porky town , left from 23 to 35 and returned. Happily living there again and working in Timmins. The landmarks are gone and no watering hole but still a peacefull little town that still knows how to rock.Hello to Edith, MJ and Sopchyshyn. Tim

sorry hello also to Veronica and the rest of the white gang, and Phil

What a surprise to find this site. I was born in Porquis,in 1929. my Dad worked on the T&NO...Cam (Slim) Hudson was his name. Went back to a school reunion a few years back. My g-parents were Tom and Annie McGrath ....Tom was custodian at the school when I attended. We lived in a Section House and have fond memories of being a child living beside the tracks. Moved to Cochrane when I was about l0 and then on to the Ottawa Valley. My brother Elmer still lives in Sault Ste Marie. Would love to know if anyone remembers the Steeles, he was the Section Foreman back in the early 30\'s....Would like to once again contact Anne, who would be about my age too. Muriel

Hi Timmy and everyone else I just bought a house back home !! :D the corner store/post office of all places which is now a 4bed 3 bath home I'll be there thurs march 17th so excited !!!

still here,all of the old haunts are closed up....used to know everybody in every house...now be hard to know whos who still a great place to kick back

grew up in porquis lots of good friends good place to grow up things sure have changed over the years

Does anyone remember that plant explosion in Porquis? I forget what caused it and what kind of plant it was. I was in highschool therefore between 1991-1995.