Lake Timiskaming

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{{Short description|Freshwater lake in Canada}}
{{About|the lake|the district|Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue}}
{{more footnotes|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox body of water
| name = Lake Timiskaming
| other_name =Lake Temiskaming
| native_name = {{native name|fr|Lac Témiscamingue}}
| image = Temiskaming Lake.jpg
| caption =
|pushpin_map=Ontario
| image_bathymetry =
| caption_bathymetry =
| location = [[Timiskaming District]] / [[Nipissing District]], [[Ontario]] and [[Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec]]
| coords = {{coord|47|20|N|79|30|W|region:CA_type:waterbody_scale:1000000|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[Rift lake]]
| inflow = [[Blanche River (Lake Timiskaming)|Blanche River]], [[Ottawa River]], [[Montreal River (Timiskaming District)|Montreal River]], [[Matabitchuan River]]
| outflow = Ottawa River
| catchment =
| basin_countries = Canada
| length = {{convert|110|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| width =
| area = {{convert|304|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/timiskaming-lake Timiskaming Lake], on ''thecanadianencyclopedia.ca''</ref>
| depth =
{{convert|122|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/timiskaming-lake Timiskaming Lake], on ''thecanadianencyclopedia.ca''</ref>
| max-depth = {{convert|216|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| volume =
{{convert|37.09|km3|cumi|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/timiskaming-lake Timiskaming Lake], on ''thecanadianencyclopedia.ca''</ref>
| residence_time =
| shore =
| elevation = {{convert|178.40|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="orrpb"/>
| frozen =
| islands = du Collège, Mann
Farr Island
| cities = [[Temiskaming Shores]]
Ville-Marie, Quebec
[[Ville-Marie, Quebec]]
Notre dam Du Nord
| reference = <ref name="orrpb">[http://www.ottawariver.ca/emain.htm Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board – Principal Reservoirs Current Water Levels and System Constraints] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205004814/http://www.ottawariver.ca/emain.htm |date=2008-12-05 }}</ref>
}}

'''Lake Timiskaming ''' or '''Lake Temiskaming''' ({{langx|fr|Lac Témiscamingue}}, {{IPA|fr|lak temiskamɛ̃ɡ|pron}}) is a large freshwater [[lake]] on the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] boundary between [[Ontario]] and [[Quebec]], Canada. The lake, which forms part of the [[Ottawa River]], is {{convert|110|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length and covers an area of {{convert|304|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Its water level ranges between {{convert|175|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} and {{convert |179|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} above [[sea-level]], with a mean annual average of {{convert|178.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="orrpb"/> The lake is in places up to {{convert|216|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} deep. There are several islands on the lake, notably Mann and du Collège Islands.

The name is from the [[Algonquin language|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]], [[Ameiurus|bullhead]], [[carp]], [[burbot]], [[Yellow perch|perch]], and [[Freshwater whitefish|whitefish]].

The lake was shaped during the last [[ice age]] when [[glacier]]s 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.<ref name="montrealgazette_19780613">{{Cite news| title = History Through Our Eyes: June 13, 1978, canoe trip tragedy|date=13 June 2019 | newspaper = The Gazette|location=Montreal| access-date = 28 August 2020| url = https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/history-through-our-eyes/history-through-our-eyes-june-13-1978-canoe-trip-tragedy}}</ref>

{{Stack|[[File:Fort Temiscamingue 1.jpg|thumb|230px|Looking south over Lake Timiskaming from [[Fort Témiscamingue]] near [[Ville-Marie, Quebec]].]]}}

==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 [[earthquake]]s along the rift valley, the most recent being in 2000. There are numerous [[fault (geology)|faults]] in the area and has produced [[cliff]]s such as [[Devil's Rock]], just {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Haileybury, Ontario|Haileybury]] and is dated to be 2.2 billion years old. There are known [[kimberlite pipe]]s within the rift valley that are considered to be [[diamond]]iferous.<ref>{{Cite journal|last = Sader|first = Jamil Andrei|date = 2004-01-01|title = Low temperature serpentinization processes and kimberlite groundwater signatures in the Kirkland Lake and Lake Timiskiming kimberlite fields Ontario, Canada|language = English|location = United States – Texas|publisher = The University of Texas at Dallas|id = {{ProQuest|305096435}}}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Mugwump (folklore)]]
*[[1935 Timiskaming earthquake]]
*[[2000 Kipawa earthquake]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040820080523/http://www.municipalite.notre-dame-du-nord.qc.ca/en/LacTemis.html Description on Notre-Dame-du-Nord municipal website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070823143220/http://www.embargo.ca/highway11/Timiskaming/index.htm Timiskaming – Ontario Highway 11 Homepage]

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[[Category:Lakes of Abitibi-Témiscamingue]]
[[Category:Lakes of Timiskaming District]]
[[Category:Lakes of Nipissing District]]
[[Category:Valleys of Ontario]]
[[Category:Valleys of Quebec]]
[[Category:Borders of Ontario]]
[[Category:Borders of Quebec]]

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