Temagami, Ontario
Encyclopedia
Temagami, formerly spelt as Timagami, is a region and a municipality in northeastern Ontario
, Canada
, in the District of Nipissing
with Lake Temagami
at its heart.
The Temagami region is known as n'Daki Menan, the homeland of the area's Aboriginal community, most of whom are Anishnaabe (Ojibwe), living on Bear Island
. The official name for this group is the Temagami First Nation
. However, a larger group that includes these people, plus non-status residents and some non-residents is called the Teme-Augama Anishnabai
.
Some of the main tourist attractions within the community include old-growth red and white pine, Lake Temagami
, Caribou Mountain
, fishing
, showings of Grey Owl
from the 1930s, and over 4,000 km of canoe
routes.
It is also known as the staging point for cottage
vacationing and wilderness
canoeing trips on Lake Temagami, in Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park
, and vast tracts of wilderness in the area. There are several outfitters here that cater to outdoor activity, including Smoothwater of Temagami. Temagami holds three of the five highest points of land in Ontario on Ishpatina Ridge
.
The community is home to the Finlayson Point Provincial Park
, which itself offers access to Lake Temagami. An excellent view of the entire Temagami area is offered by the Temagami Fire Tower on Caribou Mountain, a renovated 100 feet (30.5 m)-tall fire lookout tower
that visitors can climb for a small fee. The Temagami Fire Tower was last used in the 1970s to spot fires. The original fire tower built here was 45 feet (13.7 m) high and made of square timber.
The Municipality of Temagami also includes the communities of Lake Temagami, Marten River, and Temagami North
.
Since the main east-west fur trade route bypassed Temagami to the south, settlement of this area by Europeans did not come until 1834. That year the Hudson's Bay Company
built a store on Temagami Island
, Lake Temagami. The town itself was founded by Dan O'Connor
, who in 1903 formed a steamship company on the lake and established its first store on the future townsite. By 1906, he had built three hotels on Lake Temagami: Hotel Ronnoco, Temagami Inn, and Lady Evelyn Hotel.
In the summer of 1905, the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, now renamed the Ontario Northland Railway
, was completed from North Bay
to New Liskeard and allowed easier access to the area and the "Great Clay Belt" around Lake Temiscaming. Passenger rail service is still provided along the line from the Temagami railway station
.
Discoveries of gold, copper, nickel, and particularly silver in 1903 brought mining
to nearby Cobalt
and accelerated development of the region. Several mines opened around Temagami. Some of these mines were Sherman Mine
, Kanichee Mine
, Northland Mine
and Copperfield's Mine
, which once mined the richest copper ore in Canada
.
The Forest Reserves Act of 1898 established the 15000 km² (5,791.5 sq mi) Temagami Forest Reserve. Because of this reserve, the region was home to the last old growth forest
s in Ontario. Logging
of the vast pine
stands only began in the 1920s. Now just a few patches of old growth remain, including the White Bear Forest
(12.42 km²) and the world's largest stand of old-growth red and white pine forest - the Wakimika Triangle Forest (25 km²). This has led to confrontation in recent years between loggers and environmentalists
when new logging access roads are built or major logging operations are proposed. Access to many old-growth areas is provided on local hiking
trails and canoe routes.
The inspiration and wonder of the area were brought to millions around the world in 1907 when Grey Owl
arrived in Temagami. He was employed by Keewaydin (camp) as a guide, and later by the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests as a ranger
. His subsequent books and extensive lecturing in Britain
and the United States
brought tremendous attention to northeastern Ontario and wildlife conservation.
In 1973, The Teme-Augama Anishnabai
(TAA) exercised a land caution against development on the Crown land of 10,000 square kilometres, most of the Temagami area. The Attorney General of Ontario pursued legal action against the Band for this caution. The TAA lost this court case in 1984 and the Band proceeded with an Appeal to the Supreme Court
. The Band lost this Appeal and eventually the Caution was lifted.
In 1988, the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources
, Vince Kerrio
approved the expansion of the Red Squirrel Road, directly through Anishnabe territory. This prompted a series of roadblocks by the TAA and by the Temagami Wilderness Society in 1988-1989. The Temagami First Nation's former chief Gary Potts
was the leader of the TAA blockades. In 1991 the TAA and the Ontario government created the Wendaban Stewardship Authority to decide what to do with the four townships near the logging road.
, one of the largest single exposure of Precambrian
rocks in the world which were formed after the Earth's crust cooled. Temagami land has striking similarities to the Sudbury Structure
, which is one of the richest mining camps in the world. The hills in the Temagami area are remnants of the oldest mountain range
s in North America
that date back during the Precambrian era. These enormous mountains were taller than any that exist today. The uplifting was accomplished as enormous pressure caused the earth to buckle in a process called folding
. Other processes, such as volcanic activity and geologic fault
ing in which the earth cracks open also contributed to the formation of these mountains. Over millions of years, these enormous mountains were gradually eroded to the land we know today in Temagami.
The rocks that form Temagami to this day are igneous, metamorphic
and sedimentary rock
. The Temagami area has good potential to host diamond
iferous kimberlite
s and more diamond bearing kimberlites may continue to be discovered in the area. The Temagami area also contains some pillow lava
about 2 billion years old, indicating that great submarine volcano
es existed during the early stages of the formation of the Earth
's crust
.
There are a number of northwest trending faults in the Temagami East claim block area and are associated with the Saint Lawrence Rift System
and remains seismically active. The most recent felt earthquake
in the Temagami area occurred in the year 2000.
Minerals in the Temagami area include Aragonite
, Brochantite
, Calcite
, Chalcopyrite
, Jasper
, Magnetite
, Molybdenite
, Pentlandite
, Pyrite
, Pyrrhotite
, Serpentine, and Talc
. A bright white palladium
mercury
telluride
mineral
was discovered on Temagami Island
in 1973 called temagamite
, named after its discovery locality in Copperfield's Mine
, originally known as Temagami Mine.
The Temagami area provides rugged topography
, which is excellent for canoeing
and hiking
. There are numerous viewpoints in the Temagami area, including Maple Mountain, High Rock
, Caribou Mountain
and Ishpatina Ridge
, which is the highest point in Ontario, dot the rugged landscape
.
Lakes located within the region of Temagami include:
Census for the Municipality of Temagami:
. TV includes Survivorman
episodes (Plane Crash, and Temagami Hunting Deep Woods) and Mantracker
episodes (Ryder and Brendyn, and Ben and Darrell).
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, in the District of Nipissing
Nipissing District, Ontario
Nipissing District, Ontario is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay.In 2006, the population was 84,688...
with Lake Temagami
Lake Temagami
Lake Temagami, formerly spelt as Lake Timagami, is a lake in Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada, situated approximately 80 km north of North Bay...
at its heart.
The Temagami region is known as n'Daki Menan, the homeland of the area's Aboriginal community, most of whom are Anishnaabe (Ojibwe), living on Bear Island
Bear Island (Lake Temagami)
Bear Island is an island in Lake Temagami of Northeastern Ontario, Canada. With an area of , it is the seconed largest island in Lake Temagami after Temagami Island...
. The official name for this group is the Temagami First Nation
Temagami First Nation
Temagami First Nation is located on Bear Island, Lake Temagami, Ontario, Canada. It is home to a portion of the Aboriginal community, the Teme-Augama Anishnabai . The island is the seconed largest in Lake Temagami after Temagami Island...
. However, a larger group that includes these people, plus non-status residents and some non-residents is called the Teme-Augama Anishnabai
Teme-Augama Anishnabai
The Teme-Augama Anishnabai is the Aboriginal community of the Temagami First Nation. The TAA have trapped and hunted animals in the Temagami region of Canada for over 5,000 years...
.
Some of the main tourist attractions within the community include old-growth red and white pine, Lake Temagami
Lake Temagami
Lake Temagami, formerly spelt as Lake Timagami, is a lake in Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada, situated approximately 80 km north of North Bay...
, Caribou Mountain
Caribou Mountain
Caribou Mountain is a large hill, located 1.5 kilometres to the east of the town centre of Temagami, Ontario, Canada. When driving north through the town, turn right just before Temagami Train Station and follow the road and signs. It contains a high fire tower that visitors can climb for a small...
, fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
, showings of Grey Owl
Grey Owl
Grey Owl was the name Archibald Belaney adopted when he took on a First Nations identity as an adult...
from the 1930s, and over 4,000 km of canoe
Canoe
A canoe or Canadian canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over A canoe (North American English) or Canadian...
routes.
It is also known as the staging point for cottage
Cottage
__toc__In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cozy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural location. However there are cottage-style dwellings in cities, and in places such as Canada the term exists with no connotations of size at all...
vacationing and wilderness
Wilderness
Wilderness or wildland is a natural environment on Earth that has not been significantly modified by human activity. It may also be defined as: "The most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet—those last truly wild places that humans do not control and have not developed with...
canoeing trips on Lake Temagami, in Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park
Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park
Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park is a remote park in northeastern Ontario, Canada, near Lake Temagami. It is one of the several provincial parks located in the Temagami area....
, and vast tracts of wilderness in the area. There are several outfitters here that cater to outdoor activity, including Smoothwater of Temagami. Temagami holds three of the five highest points of land in Ontario on Ishpatina Ridge
Ishpatina Ridge
The Ishpatina Ridge is the highest point of land in the Canadian province of Ontario. At an estimated above sea level, it is a rather low mountain and not that steep, as the surrounding land in the area is already quite elevated. Ishpatina Ridge rises approximately above the immediate area. To...
.
The community is home to the Finlayson Point Provincial Park
Finlayson Point Provincial Park
Finlayson Point Provincial Park is a provincial park in Temagami, northeastern Ontario, Canada, just west of Ontario Highway 11. It offers access to Lake Temagami and the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park. There is a plaque in the park honouring English naturalist Grey Owl....
, which itself offers access to Lake Temagami. An excellent view of the entire Temagami area is offered by the Temagami Fire Tower on Caribou Mountain, a renovated 100 feet (30.5 m)-tall fire lookout tower
Fire lookout tower
A fire lookout tower, fire tower or lookout tower, provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout" whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness...
that visitors can climb for a small fee. The Temagami Fire Tower was last used in the 1970s to spot fires. The original fire tower built here was 45 feet (13.7 m) high and made of square timber.
The Municipality of Temagami also includes the communities of Lake Temagami, Marten River, and Temagami North
Temagami North, Ontario
Temagami North, formerly known as Goward, is an unincorporated community comprising part of the municipality of Temagami in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada...
.
History
The Anishnabai have been living in the area for at least 6,000 years after migrating from the east coast of North America. The land was divided into familial hunting and trapping territories.Since the main east-west fur trade route bypassed Temagami to the south, settlement of this area by Europeans did not come until 1834. That year the Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
built a store on Temagami Island
Temagami Island
Temagami Island, formerly spelt as Timagami Island, is an island in Lake Temagami in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the largest island within the lake, with Bear Island coming second. The island has many hiking trails that lead into the old-growth forest that is a mix of large white and red...
, Lake Temagami. The town itself was founded by Dan O'Connor
Dan O'Connor (prospector)
Dan O'Connor was a Canadian businessman and prospector from Pembroke, Ontario. In the late 1880s, O'Connor moved to Sudbury where he became associated with economy, life and industry...
, who in 1903 formed a steamship company on the lake and established its first store on the future townsite. By 1906, he had built three hotels on Lake Temagami: Hotel Ronnoco, Temagami Inn, and Lady Evelyn Hotel.
Ontario Northland Railway
The Ontario Northland Railway is a Canadian railway operated by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, a provincial Crown agency of the government of Ontario....
, was completed from North Bay
North Bay, Ontario
North Bay is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of Nipissing District, and takes its name from its position on the shore of Lake Nipissing.-History:...
to New Liskeard and allowed easier access to the area and the "Great Clay Belt" around Lake Temiscaming. Passenger rail service is still provided along the line from the Temagami railway station
Temagami railway station
The Temagami Railway Station is located in the community of Temagami in Ontario.The station was built in 1907 by the then Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway , but it burned down two years later and was subsequently rebuilt.The station houses the station's office, telegraph and signal...
.
Discoveries of gold, copper, nickel, and particularly silver in 1903 brought mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
to nearby Cobalt
Cobalt, Ontario
Cobalt is a town in the district of Timiskaming, province of Ontario, Canada, with a population of 1,223 In 2001 Cobalt was named "Ontario's Most Historic Town" by a panel of judges on the TV Ontario program Studio 2, and in 2002 the area was designated a National Historic Site.-History:Silver was...
and accelerated development of the region. Several mines opened around Temagami. Some of these mines were Sherman Mine
Sherman Mine
Sherman Mine is a large abandoned open pit mine in Temagami, Ontario, Canada. It was a major producer of iron ore. The mine was the source of a multi-ton boulder of banded iron formation and was mined from 1967 until 1990 by Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company...
, Kanichee Mine
Kanichee Mine
The Kanichee Mine, also less commonly known as the Ajax Mine, is an abandoned base metal and precious metal mine, located in the Temagami region of northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is near the small unincorporated community of Temagami North, accessed by the Kanichee Mine Road from Highway 11. The...
, Northland Mine
Northland Mine
The Northland Mine, also called the Northland Pyrite Mine and Harris Mine, is an abandoned underground mine in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the southwestern shore of James Lake in Best Township of Temagami. It was operated by the Northland Mining Company during the early 1900s with the...
and Copperfield's Mine
Copperfield's Mine
Copperfields Mine, originally known as Temagami Mine, is an abandoned underground and surface mine on Temagami Island in Lake Temagami that opened in 1954 in a sulfide ore body. Situated in Phyllis Township, the mine produced 34,000,000 dollars Canadian with 80 million pounds of copper, 230,028...
, which once mined the richest copper ore in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
The Forest Reserves Act of 1898 established the 15000 km² (5,791.5 sq mi) Temagami Forest Reserve. Because of this reserve, the region was home to the last old growth forest
Old growth forest
An old-growth forest is a forest that has attained great age , and thereby exhibits unique ecological features. An old growth forest has also usually reached a climax community...
s in Ontario. Logging
Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
of the vast pine
Pine
Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...
stands only began in the 1920s. Now just a few patches of old growth remain, including the White Bear Forest
White Bear Forest
The White Bear Forest is an old growth forest, located in Temagami, Ontario, Canada. The forest is named after Chief White Bear, who was the last chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai before Europeans appeared in the region...
(12.42 km²) and the world's largest stand of old-growth red and white pine forest - the Wakimika Triangle Forest (25 km²). This has led to confrontation in recent years between loggers and environmentalists
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
when new logging access roads are built or major logging operations are proposed. Access to many old-growth areas is provided on local hiking
Hiking
Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking...
trails and canoe routes.
The inspiration and wonder of the area were brought to millions around the world in 1907 when Grey Owl
Grey Owl
Grey Owl was the name Archibald Belaney adopted when he took on a First Nations identity as an adult...
arrived in Temagami. He was employed by Keewaydin (camp) as a guide, and later by the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests as a ranger
Park ranger
A park ranger or forest ranger is a person entrusted with protecting and preserving parklands – national, state, provincial, or local parks. Different countries use different names for the position. Ranger is the favored term in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Within the United...
. His subsequent books and extensive lecturing in Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
brought tremendous attention to northeastern Ontario and wildlife conservation.
In 1973, The Teme-Augama Anishnabai
Teme-Augama Anishnabai
The Teme-Augama Anishnabai is the Aboriginal community of the Temagami First Nation. The TAA have trapped and hunted animals in the Temagami region of Canada for over 5,000 years...
(TAA) exercised a land caution against development on the Crown land of 10,000 square kilometres, most of the Temagami area. The Attorney General of Ontario pursued legal action against the Band for this caution. The TAA lost this court case in 1984 and the Band proceeded with an Appeal to the Supreme Court
Supreme court
A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of many legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, instance court, judgment court, high court, or apex court...
. The Band lost this Appeal and eventually the Caution was lifted.
In 1988, the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources
Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario)
The Ministry of Natural Resources is a government ministry of the Canadian province of Ontario that responsible for Ontario’s provincial parks, forests, fisheries, wildlife, mineral aggregates and the Crown lands and waters that make up 87 per cent of the province...
, Vince Kerrio
Vince Kerrio
Vince George Kerrio was a businessperson and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1975 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson...
approved the expansion of the Red Squirrel Road, directly through Anishnabe territory. This prompted a series of roadblocks by the TAA and by the Temagami Wilderness Society in 1988-1989. The Temagami First Nation's former chief Gary Potts
Gary Potts
Gary Potts was the former chief of the Temagami First Nation and the Teme-Augama Anishnabai in Temagami, Ontario, Canada. He was a leader of the Red Squirrel Road blockades in 1988-1989, which were a part of Temagami's struggle to protect their ancestral lands. After being overwhelmed in the...
was the leader of the TAA blockades. In 1991 the TAA and the Ontario government created the Wendaban Stewardship Authority to decide what to do with the four townships near the logging road.
Geography
The Temagami land is part of the Canadian ShieldCanadian Shield
The Canadian Shield, also called the Laurentian Plateau, or Bouclier Canadien , is a vast geological shield covered by a thin layer of soil that forms the nucleus of the North American or Laurentia craton. It is an area mostly composed of igneous rock which relates to its long volcanic history...
, one of the largest single exposure of Precambrian
Precambrian
The Precambrian is the name which describes the large span of time in Earth's history before the current Phanerozoic Eon, and is a Supereon divided into several eons of the geologic time scale...
rocks in the world which were formed after the Earth's crust cooled. Temagami land has striking similarities to the Sudbury Structure
Sudbury Basin
The Sudbury Basin, also known as Sudbury Structure or the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, is a major geologic structure in Ontario, Canada. It is the second-largest known impact crater or astrobleme on Earth, as well as one of the oldest....
, which is one of the richest mining camps in the world. The hills in the Temagami area are remnants of the oldest mountain range
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
s in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
that date back during the Precambrian era. These enormous mountains were taller than any that exist today. The uplifting was accomplished as enormous pressure caused the earth to buckle in a process called folding
Fold (geology)
The term fold is used in geology when one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, are bent or curved as a result of permanent deformation. Synsedimentary folds are those due to slumping of sedimentary material before it is lithified. Folds in rocks vary in...
. Other processes, such as volcanic activity and geologic fault
Geologic fault
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement along the fractures as a result of earth movement. Large faults within the Earth's crust result from the action of tectonic forces...
ing in which the earth cracks open also contributed to the formation of these mountains. Over millions of years, these enormous mountains were gradually eroded to the land we know today in Temagami.
Metamorphic rock
Metamorphic rock is the transformation of an existing rock type, the protolith, in a process called metamorphism, which means "change in form". The protolith is subjected to heat and pressure causing profound physical and/or chemical change...
and sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rock are types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water. Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause mineral and/or organic particles to settle and accumulate or minerals to precipitate from a solution....
. The Temagami area has good potential to host diamond
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
iferous kimberlite
Kimberlite
Kimberlite is a type of potassic volcanic rock best known for sometimes containing diamonds. It is named after the town of Kimberley in South Africa, where the discovery of an diamond in 1871 spawned a diamond rush, eventually creating the Big Hole....
s and more diamond bearing kimberlites may continue to be discovered in the area. The Temagami area also contains some pillow lava
Pillow lava
Pillow lavas are lavas that contain characteristic pillow-shaped structures that are attributed to the extrusion of the lava under water, or subaqueous extrusion. Pillow lavas in volcanic rock are characterized by thick sequences of discontinuous pillow-shaped masses, commonly up to one metre in...
about 2 billion years old, indicating that great submarine volcano
Submarine volcano
Submarine volcanoes are underwater fissures in the Earth's surface from which magma can erupt. They are estimated to account for 75% of annual magma output. The vast majority are located near areas of tectonic plate movement, known as ocean ridges...
es existed during the early stages of the formation of the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
's crust
Crust (geology)
In geology, the crust is the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet or natural satellite, which is chemically distinct from the underlying mantle...
.
There are a number of northwest trending faults in the Temagami East claim block area and are associated with the Saint Lawrence Rift System
Saint Lawrence rift system
The Saint Lawrence rift system is a seismically active zone paralleling the Saint Lawrence River. The rift system trends northeast and southwest and forms a half-graben that links the Ottawa-Bonnechere and the Saguenay grabens. The rift system extends more than 1000 km along the Saint Lawrence...
and remains seismically active. The most recent felt earthquake
Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
in the Temagami area occurred in the year 2000.
Minerals in the Temagami area include Aragonite
Aragonite
Aragonite is a carbonate mineral, one of the two common, naturally occurring, crystal forms of calcium carbonate, CaCO3...
, Brochantite
Brochantite
Brochantite is a sulfate mineral, one of a number of cupric sulfates. Its chemical formula is CuSO4·3Cu2. Formed in arid climates or in rapidly oxidizing copper sulfide deposits, it is named for its discoverer, the French geologist and mineralogist, A. J. M...
, Calcite
Calcite
Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate . The other polymorphs are the minerals aragonite and vaterite. Aragonite will change to calcite at 380-470°C, and vaterite is even less stable.-Properties:...
, Chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite is a copper iron sulfide mineral that crystallizes in the tetragonal system. It has the chemical composition CuFeS2. It has a brassy to golden yellow color and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale. Its streak is diagnostic as green tinged black.On exposure to air, chalcopyrite...
, Jasper
Jasper
Jasper, a form of chalcedony, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. This mineral breaks with a smooth surface, and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone. It can be highly polished and is used for vases, seals, and at one time for...
, Magnetite
Magnetite
Magnetite is a ferrimagnetic mineral with chemical formula Fe3O4, one of several iron oxides and a member of the spinel group. The chemical IUPAC name is iron oxide and the common chemical name is ferrous-ferric oxide. The formula for magnetite may also be written as FeO·Fe2O3, which is one part...
, Molybdenite
Molybdenite
Molybdenite is a mineral of molybdenum disulfide, MoS2. Similar in appearance and feel to graphite, molybdenite has a lubricating effect that is a consequence of its layered structure. The atomic structure consists of a sheet of molybdenum atoms sandwiched between sheets of sulfur atoms...
, Pentlandite
Pentlandite
Pentlandite is an iron-nickel sulfide, 9S8. Pentlandite usually has a Ni:Fe ratio of close to 1:1. It also contains minor cobalt.Pentlandite forms isometric crystals, but is normally found in massive granular aggregates. It is brittle with a hardness of 3.5 - 4 and specific gravity of 4.6 - 5.0 and...
, Pyrite
Pyrite
The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the formula FeS2. This mineral's metallic luster and pale-to-normal, brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold because of its resemblance to gold...
, Pyrrhotite
Pyrrhotite
Pyrrhotite is an unusual iron sulfide mineral with a variable iron content: FeS . The FeS endmember is known as troilite. Pyrrhotite is also called magnetic pyrite because the color is similar to pyrite and it is weakly magnetic...
, Serpentine, and Talc
Talc
Talc is a mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula H2Mg34 or Mg3Si4O102. In loose form, it is the widely-used substance known as talcum powder. It occurs as foliated to fibrous masses, its crystals being so rare as to be almost unknown...
. A bright white palladium
Palladium
Palladium is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pd and an atomic number of 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston. He named it after the asteroid Pallas, which was itself named after the epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, acquired...
mercury
Mercury (element)
Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum...
telluride
Telluride (chemistry)
The telluride ion is Te2−. It is the final stable member of the series of dianions O2−, S2−, and Se2− ....
mineral
Mineral
A mineral is a naturally occurring solid chemical substance formed through biogeochemical processes, having characteristic chemical composition, highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties. By comparison, a rock is an aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids and does not...
was discovered on Temagami Island
Temagami Island
Temagami Island, formerly spelt as Timagami Island, is an island in Lake Temagami in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the largest island within the lake, with Bear Island coming second. The island has many hiking trails that lead into the old-growth forest that is a mix of large white and red...
in 1973 called temagamite
Temagamite
Temagamite is a bright white palladium mercury telluride mineral with a hardness of 2½ on the Mohs scale. Its chemical formula is Pd3HgTe3. It was discovered at the Temagami Mine on Temagami Island, Lake Temagami in 1973, and it represents a rare mineral in the Temagami greenstone belt.It occurs as...
, named after its discovery locality in Copperfield's Mine
Copperfield's Mine
Copperfields Mine, originally known as Temagami Mine, is an abandoned underground and surface mine on Temagami Island in Lake Temagami that opened in 1954 in a sulfide ore body. Situated in Phyllis Township, the mine produced 34,000,000 dollars Canadian with 80 million pounds of copper, 230,028...
, originally known as Temagami Mine.
The Temagami area provides rugged topography
Topography
Topography is the study of Earth's surface shape and features or those ofplanets, moons, and asteroids...
, which is excellent for canoeing
Canoeing
Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....
and hiking
Hiking
Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking...
. There are numerous viewpoints in the Temagami area, including Maple Mountain, High Rock
High Rock (Ontario)
High Rock is a large hill, located in the middle of Lake Temagami, Ontario, Canada. It contains one of the many lookouts on Lake Temagami and is the highest point on High Rock Island and Lake Temagami and contains a steep trail visitors can climb....
, Caribou Mountain
Caribou Mountain
Caribou Mountain is a large hill, located 1.5 kilometres to the east of the town centre of Temagami, Ontario, Canada. When driving north through the town, turn right just before Temagami Train Station and follow the road and signs. It contains a high fire tower that visitors can climb for a small...
and Ishpatina Ridge
Ishpatina Ridge
The Ishpatina Ridge is the highest point of land in the Canadian province of Ontario. At an estimated above sea level, it is a rather low mountain and not that steep, as the surrounding land in the area is already quite elevated. Ishpatina Ridge rises approximately above the immediate area. To...
, which is the highest point in Ontario, dot the rugged landscape
Landscape
Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of...
.
Lakes
- Angus LakeAngus LakeAngus Lake is a lake located on Vancouver Island south of Kennedy River below Kennedy Lake, east of the village of Ucluelet,...
- Anima Nipissing Lake
- Arsenic LakeArsenic Lake (Temagami)Arsenic Lake is a lake in the Ottawa River drainage basin in Strathy Township of Temagami, Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located between the town of Temagami and Temagami North near Highway 11...
- Blueberry Lake
- Brophy Lake
- Cassels LakeCassels LakeCassels Lake is a lake located within the Municipality of Temagami, in the Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada...
- Chambers Lake
- Cross Lake
- Duncan Lake
- Gull Lake
- Herridge LakeHerridge LakeHerridge Lake is a lake in the Temagami region of northern Ontario. The lake is approximately 4 mi in length.Herridge Lake has lots of bays, inlets, weed beds, and sholes. The lake is 159 feet deep in some spots...
- Ingall Lake
- James LakeJames Lake (Ontario)James Lake is a lake in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located in the Temagami region along Highway 11.-History:Water levels of James Lake increased and decreased in the early 1900s. The cause of this alternation could have been caused by beavers building dams in the lake's outlet, eventually...
- Jumping Caribou LakeJumping Caribou LakeJumping Caribou Lake is a lake located within the Municipality of Temagami, in the Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada. It contains small islands and hidden bays. Ojibwa natives of the area have given the lake its name....
- Lady Evelyn LakeLady Evelyn LakeLady Evelyn Lake is a lake in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located in the Temagami region. The highly-irregularly shaped lake consists of two parts, about equal in size, separated by the Obisaga Narrows. The southern part is within the Obabika River Provincial Park, directly east of the Lady...
- Lake TemagamiLake TemagamiLake Temagami, formerly spelt as Lake Timagami, is a lake in Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada, situated approximately 80 km north of North Bay...
- Link Lake
- Lowell Lake
- Lower Redwater Lake
- Lower Twin Lake
- Martin Lake
- Net LakeNet LakeNet Lake is located within the municipality of Temagami, in the Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada. It covers a length of 10 km and is located in Temagami North. Fish in the lake include walleye, northern pike, trout, smallmouth bass, whitefish and panfish. There is only one lodge on Net...
- Obabika LakeObabika LakeObabika Lake is a lake in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located west of Lake Temagami in the Temagami region. It straddles the Sudbury-Nipissing District boundary....
- Obashkong Lake
- Poison PondPoison PondPoison Pond is a small freshwater lake in the Temagami region of Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located near Pecours Bay of Snake Island Lake. It lies in the White Bear Forest and is typically approached from the Peregrine Trail, which adjoins with the Red Fox Trail to the west and its eastern...
- Rabbit LakeRabbit Lake (Ontario)Rabbit Lake is a lake in the Temagami region of Northeastern Ontario, Canada, and lies within the townships of Askin, Riddell, and Eldridge. The lake is the largest and southern most in a chain of lakes including Cassels Lake, Snake Island Lake, and Obashkong Lake...
- Rib LakeRib Lake (Ontario)Rib Lake is a long and narrow lake in the Town of Latchford and in the Municipality of Temagami in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located about southeast of the centre of the community of Latchford and northeast of the community of Temagami North...
- Red Squirrel LakeRed Squirrel LakeRed Squirrel Lake is located within the municipality of Temagami, in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada. The lake can be accessed from the Red Squirrel Road.Fish in the lake include northern pike, trout, walleye and smallmouth bass....
- Smoothwater LakeSmoothwater LakeSmoothwater Lake is a lake in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located in Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park in the Temagami region....
- Snake Island LakeSnake Island LakeSnake Island Lake is a lake in the Ottawa River drainage basin in Strathy Township, Municipality of Temagami, Nipissing District of Northeastern Ontario, Canada....
- Snowshoe Lake
- Sunnywater Lake
- Tent Lake
- Tetapaga LakeTetapaga LakeTetapaga Lake, also known as Lake Tetapaga, is a narrow east-west trending lake in the Temagami region of Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located at the abandoned iron-bearing Sherman Mine. A gravel road crosses the central portion of the lake, splitting it into two small lakes...
- Turtle LakeTurtle Lake (Temagami)Turtle Lake is an east-west trending lake in Strathy Township, Temagami, Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies in the Sherman Mine property between the South and East pits. It is also the location of an abandoned jack ladder along its southern shore that floated logs to the...
- Upper Redwater LakeUpper Redwater LakeUpper Redwater Lake is a narrow freshwater lake in the municipality of Temagami of Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located southeast of the former Rabbit Creek ballast pit along Rabbit Creek Road that comes out at Highway 11. The settlement of Redwater is located on the southeastern shore of Upper...
- Upper Twin Lake
- Wasaksina Lake
- Wilson Lake
- Red Cedar LakeRed Cedar Lake (Ontario)Red Cedar Lake is a lake in the Temagami region of northern Ontario. The lake is about 30 km in length.The Marten River flows into the lake and the Temagami River flows through the lake....
Communities and localites
Communities and localites located within Temagami's municipal boundaries are:- Bear IslandBear Island (Lake Temagami)Bear Island is an island in Lake Temagami of Northeastern Ontario, Canada. With an area of , it is the seconed largest island in Lake Temagami after Temagami Island...
- Marten RiverMarten River, OntarioMarten River is an unincorporated hamlet located in the municipality of Temagami, in the District of Nipissing, Ontario, Canada. The latest census 2005 puts the town population at 87...
- Milne TownsiteMilne TownsiteThe Milne Townsite, commonly referred to as Milnes, is an abandoned community in Strathy Township, municipality of Temagami, Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the north shore of Link Lake, just south of the Milne-Sherman Road, and about north of the town of Temagami...
- OwaissaOwaissa, TemagamiOwaissa is an area in the municipality of Temagami, Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located just east of the Ontario Northland Railway on the northern arm of Net Lake about north of Temagami North.Owaissa is the locality of the historic Owaissa Sawmill...
- RedwaterRedwater, OntarioRedwater is a locality in the municipality of Temagami in the Nipissing District of Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the shores of Lower and Upper Redwater lakes along the Ontario Northland Railway...
- Temagami
- Temagami North
Demographics
According to the 2006 Statistics CanadaStatistics Canada
Statistics Canada is the Canadian federal government agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. Its headquarters is in Ottawa....
Census for the Municipality of Temagami:
- Population: 934
- % Change (2001-2006): 4.6
- Dwellings: 1325
- Area (km²): 1,906.42
- Density (persons per km²): 0.5
Film and Television
Temagami and surrounding areas have been used as a location to shoot feature films and TV episodes. Films include the 1930 docudrama The Silent Enemy and from 2006 That Beautiful SomewhereThat Beautiful Somewhere
That Beautiful Somewhere is a Canadian feature film written, directed and produced by Robert Budreau, produced by Ian Murray and executive produced by Bill Plumstead for Loon Film Inc. and Lumanity Productions. The film stars Roy Dupuis and Jane McGregor. The screenplay was based on the novel Loon,...
. TV includes Survivorman
Survivorman
Survivorman is a Canadian-produced television program, broadcast in Canada on the Outdoor Life Network , and internationally on Discovery Channel and Science Channel...
episodes (Plane Crash, and Temagami Hunting Deep Woods) and Mantracker
Mantracker
Mantracker is a Canadian reality television series produced by Bonterra Productions. It premiered in Canada in April 2006 on the Outdoor Life Network. In the United States, the show currently airs on the Science Channel and in the UK on Extreme Sports Channel...
episodes (Ryder and Brendyn, and Ben and Darrell).