Timmins has become a more popular location for making movies lately. This made me think about a film that was made back in the ‘20s about dog racing in the region.
One hundred years ago, March 1,1922, the Porcupine Advance published an article preparing citizens for a movie that was in production in the region. It was the weekend of the winter carnival when film experts were in the city to film the annual dog races, “the greatest day of sports ever held in the North Land in the winter time.”
Johnny Jones, the infamous prospector, was responsible for inviting experts here to film the races. With thousands of feet of film ready, the picture was to be shown across Canada and in the United States. At this time, Johnny was expected to be north but due to weather he remained local – it was assumed he was to enter the race with a dog pack, dogs were equally famous as himself.
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