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Jules Timmins examines an iron ore sample, Ungava, 1940s-1950s
Photo: George Hunter
Library and Archives Canada
PA-116936
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Aerial view of Sept-Îles with newly constructed railway and dock areas, 1953
Photo: George Hunter
Library and Archives Canada
National Film Board of Canada Phototheque
PA-151639
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Jules Timmins receives an honorary doctorate from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Timmins Museum, National Exhibition Centre
981.295.156
Jules Timmins, C.A. Dunning (Chancellor) and N.R. Crump (Vice-President, Canadian Pacific Railway)
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1889
Born into a wealthy family in the small town of
Mattawa, Ontario, where he learns to love
canoeing, fishing and hunting.
1914–1918
Serves during the First World War as a private, and
later as a lieutenant.
1936
Inherits the presidency of Hollinger Gold Mines Incorporated on the death of his uncle,
Noah Timmins.
1941
Acquires, with associates, mineral rights to
the Ungava region in Northern Quebec.
1949
Founds the Iron Ore Company of Canada.
1950–1953
Construction begins on a shipping terminal at Sept-Îles, Quebec, and the mining town of Schefferville is established.
1954
The Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway is completed; the first boatload of iron ore leaves Sept-Îles.
1971
Dies on February 26 in Montreal.
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Executive group members and federal ministers, Sept-Îles airport, August 24, 1951
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Centre d'archives de la Côte-Nord, Iron Ore Company of Canada fonds
P21, S2, SS8, P18
Mr. Murphy, Lionel Chevrier (Minister of Transportation),
C.D. Howe (Minister, Trade and Commerce), Duncan McMartin, Jules Timmins (President, IOC), William H. Durrell (General Manager, IOC), Joseph H. Thompson (Vice-President, M.A. Hanna Co.), Joseph Thompson, Jr.
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Jules Timmins (President IOC), William Durrell (General Manager, IOC) and Maurice Duplessis (Premier of Quebec), 1953
Iron Ore Company of Canada
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Jules Timmins in his Tyrolean hat, with son Bobby and William Durrell, General Manager of the Iron Ore Company of Canada
Iron Ore Company of Canada
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