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'Hollinger Park' is a municipal park in Timmins, Ontario, located at the southeast corner of Algonquin Blvd. and Brunette Road (formerly Park Road).
The park was once Miller Lake. The Hollinger Mines backfilled the lake with tailings and it was eventually beautified into one of the City's finest parks.
The park is named after Benny Hollinger, a mining prospector whose major 1909 gold discovery further launched the Porcupine Camps' early gold rush and the cities mining viability.
The park, approximately one square kilometre in size, includes a regulation size baseball diamond and two soccer fields. It has been home to the Standard Tavern Men's Baseball League since 1985. Timmins native Shania Twain performed at Hollinger Park on July 1, 1999 during her Come on Over Tour; an estimated 22,000 people were in attendance. It's the largest event ever held in the city. Other sporting and music events have been held in the park as well. In 2000, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride held a show in the park.
In 1999, a large renovation of the park was started as a Millenium project. A waterpark, a clocktower, new playground equipment and a Bandstand were erected in the newly renovated park. New trees were also planted following a large windstorm in July of 1999 which knocked down many of the large trees that had been growing in the park since its construction.
In August 2007, the athletic grounds section of the Hollinger Park (baseball diamond, volleyball courts and soccer pitchs), the city's centrepiece recreational field, was named the "Fred Salvador Athletic Field" in honour of the late Fred Salvador Sr. who served with the cities Parks and Recreation Department for 37 years.