Lake Timiskaming
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| Lake Timiskaming | |
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| Lake Temiskaming | |
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| Location | Timiskaming District / Nipissing District, Ontario and Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec |
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| Type | Rift lake |
| Blanche River, Ottawa River, Montreal River, Matabitchuan River | |
| Ottawa River | |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 110 km (68 mi) |
Surface area | 304 km2 (117 sq mi)[1] |
Average depth | 122 m (400 ft)[2] |
| Max. depth | 216 m (709 ft) |
Water volume | 37.09 km3 (8.90 cu mi)[3] |
Surface elevation | 178.40 m (585.3 ft)[4] |
| Islands | du Collège, Mann Farr Island |
| Settlements | Temiskaming Shores
Ville-Marie, Quebec Ville-Marie, Quebec Notre dam Du Nord |
| References | [4] |
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Lake Timiskaming or Lake Temiskaming (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".) 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 (68 mi) in length and covers an area of 304 km2 (117 sq mi). Its water level ranges between 175 m (574 ft) and 179 m (587 ft) above sea-level, with a mean annual average of 178.4 m (585 ft).[4] The lake is in places up to 216 m (709 ft) 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.[5]
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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 (3 mi) 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.[6]
See also
References
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- ^ Timiskaming Lake, on thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
- ^ Timiskaming Lake, on thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
- ^ Timiskaming Lake, on thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
- ^ a b c Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board – Principal Reservoirs Current Water Levels and System Constraints Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History Through Our Eyes: June 13, 1978, canoe trip tragedy". The Gazette. Montreal. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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". United States – Texas: The University of Texas at Dallas. Template:ProQuest.
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External links
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- Description on Notre-Dame-du-Nord municipal website
- Timiskaming – Ontario Highway 11 Homepage
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