Timmins in Cochrane District, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Shania Twain

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2022

1. Shania Twain Marker

Inscription. Downtown Timmins
recognizes
Shania Twain
as the #1 Ambassador
of Timmins in the
world of Country Music
August 12, 1996

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is August 12, 1996.

Location. 48° 28.501′ N, 81° 19.646′ W. Marker is in Timmins, Ontario, in Cochrane District. It is on 3rd Avenue just west of Spruce Street South, on the left when traveling east. The marker is located along the sidewalk, overlooking the Timmins Transit Terminal to the east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 272 3rd Avenue, Timmins ON P4N 1E3, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northeastern Ontario

and specifically in Northern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

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markers are within 10 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gold Mining in Canada / Production de l'or au Canada (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); "The Big Three" / Les trois principales mines (approx. half a kilometer away); The Porcupine Gold Rush / La Ruée vers l'or de Porcupine (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); CFCL Radio / Station de radio CFCL (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); Ore From the Kidd Creek Mine (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); The Gold Seekers / Les chercheurs d'or (approx. 8.6 kilometers away); Tisdale Township Municipal Building (approx. 8.6 kilometers away); The Porcupine Fire / L'incendie de Porcupine (approx. 9.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Timmins.

Also see . . .
1. Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain (Wikipedia). Excerpt:

She has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time and the best-selling female artist in country music history. Her success garnered her several titles, including the "Queen of Country Pop." Raised in Timmins, Ontario, Twain pursued singing and songwriting from a young age before signing with Mercury
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2022

2. Shania Twain Marker
Looking east along 3rd Avenue; the Timmins Transit Terminal is in the background.
Nashville Records in the early 1990s. Twain has received five Grammy Awards, two World Music Awards, 39 BMI Songwriter Awards, inductions to Canada's Walk of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as well as the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

(Submitted on April 5, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. One more look at the Timmins roots of country music. Excerpt:

(Shania Twain unveils the highway sign that's posted at every entrance to the city, on Shania Twain Day in Timmins, Aug. 16, 1996.) Museum director-curator Karen Bachmann has mentioned the Maple Leaf Hotel as the place that a lot of Canadian acts got their start. “Of course, we all know the Shania Twain story, because she played there as a young girl and sang in the bar almost every night whenever she could, and that sort of got her going and launched her career,” says Bachmann.

(Submitted on April 5, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. 'Shania did everything': how the record-breaking singer shaped Canadian country music. Excerpt:

(Sep 06, 2018) It's been 25 years since Shania Twain's
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2022

3. Shania Twain Way Street Sign
This intersection is located a few blocks southeast of the marker.
self-titled debut album was released, and there's a reason the Timmins, Ontario-born singer remains the top-selling female country artist of all time. From 1993 to 2002, Twain made country-pop crossover its own genre, winning five Grammys, 13 Junos and topping plenty of charts, paving the way for artists sitting atop those same charts every year since.

(Submitted on April 5, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

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