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Lake Timiskaming

Freshwater lake in Canada

Field	Value
name	Lake Timiskaming
other_name	Lake Temiskaming
native_name	fr
image	Temiskaming Lake.jpg
pushpin_map	Ontario
location	Timiskaming District / Nipissing District, Ontario and Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec
coords
type	Rift lake
inflow	Blanche River, Ottawa River, Montreal River, Matabitchuan River
outflow	Ottawa River
basin_countries	Canada
length	110 km
area	304 km2
{{convert	122	m	ft	abbr	on}}
max-depth	216 m
{{convert	37.09	km3	cumi	abbr	on}}
elevation	178.40 m
islands	du Collège, Mann
cities	Temiskaming Shores
reference

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the lake

122 m | max-depth = 216 m 37.09 km3 Farr Island Ville-Marie, Quebec Ville-Marie, Quebec Notre dam Du Nord

**Lake Timiskaming ** or Lake Temiskaming (, ) is a large freshwater lake on the provincial boundary between Ontario and Quebec, Canada. The lake, which forms part of the Ottawa River, is 110 km in length and covers an area of 304 km2. Its water level ranges between 175 m and 179 m above sea-level, with a mean annual average of 178.4 m. The lake is in places up to 216 m deep. There are several islands on the lake, notably Mann and du Collège Islands.

The name is from the Algonquin Temikami or Temikaming, meaning "deep body of water with rapid winds”

There are 30 species of fish in Lake Timiskaming, the best known are northern pike, sturgeon, lake trout, walleye, smallmouth bass, bullhead, carp, burbot, perch, and whitefish.

The lake was shaped during the last ice age when glaciers carved into the rock. It is also the remnants of a huge basin called Lake Ojibway, which existed about 9,500 years ago.

For the trading post and some history see Fort Témiscamingue.

One of Canada's greatest boating tragedies occurred when twelve boys and a staff member of Ted Byfield's St John's School of Claremont died of drowning and hypothermia on a canoe trip on 11 June 1978 on the lake.

Timiskaming Graben

Lake Timiskaming is located within the ancient major rift valley Timiskaming Graben. It is the northern extension of the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben, which is part of the Saint Lawrence rift system.

There have been recent earthquakes along the rift valley, the most recent being in 2000. There are numerous faults in the area and has produced cliffs such as Devil's Rock, just 5 km south of Haileybury and is dated to be 2.2 billion years old. There are known kimberlite pipes within the rift valley that are considered to be diamondiferous.

References

[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/timiskaming-lake Timiskaming Lake], on ''thecanadianencyclopedia.ca''
[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/timiskaming-lake Timiskaming Lake], on ''thecanadianencyclopedia.ca''
[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/timiskaming-lake Timiskaming Lake], on ''thecanadianencyclopedia.ca''
[http://www.ottawariver.ca/emain.htm Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board – Principal Reservoirs Current Water Levels and System Constraints] {{webarchive. link. (2008-12-05)
(13 June 2019). "History Through Our Eyes: June 13, 1978, canoe trip tragedy". The Gazette.
Sader, Jamil Andrei. (2004-01-01). "Low temperature serpentinization processes and kimberlite groundwater signatures in the Kirkland Lake and Lake Timiskiming kimberlite fields Ontario, Canada". The University of Texas at Dallas.

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