Temagami, Ontario

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Coordinates: [47°04′N 79°47′W]

Temagami, Ontario, on the shores of Lake Temagami.

Temagami is a municipality and town in northeastern Ontario, Canada, in the District of Nipissing on Lake Temagami.

According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:

Population: 893
% Change (1996-2001): -13
Dwellings: 904
Area (km²): 1,906.42
Density (persons per km²): 0.5

Temagami is known as the staging point for cottage vacationing and wilderness trips on Lake Temagami, in Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, and all other vast tracks of wilderness in the area. There are several outfitters here that cater to outdoor activity.

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, a renovated fire lookout tower that visitors can climb for a small fee.

Contents

1 History
2 Communities
3 References
4 External links

History

Since the main east-west trade route bypassed Temagami to the south, settlement of this area by Europeans did not come until 1850. That year the Hudson's Bay Company built a store on Lake Temagami. The town itself was founded by Daniel O'Connor who in 1903 formed a steamship company on the Lake and built a grand hotel in Temagami, the Ronnoco Hotel (which burned down in 1973).

Temagami Railroad Station

In 1905 the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (now Ontario Northland) from North Bay to New Liskeard was completed, allowing easier access to the area and the "Great Clay Belt" around Lake Temiscaming.

Discoveries of gold, copper, nickel, and particularly silver around 1900 brought mining to nearby Cobalt and accelerated development of the region. Several iron ore mines opened around Temagami.

The Forest Reserves Act of 1898 established the 15000 km² (5900 square miles) Temagami Forest Reserve. Because of this reserve, the region was home to the last old growth forests in Ontario. Logging of the vast pine stands only began in the 1920s. Now just a few small patches of old growth remain, leading to confrontation in recent years between loggers and environmentalists when new logging access roads are built or major logging proposed. Access to old growth tree stands is offered on many local hiking trails.

Communities

Adanac
Marten River
Temagami
Temagami North

	North: Western Unorganized Timiskaming
West: Northern Unorganized Nipissing	Temagami Temagami completely surrounds Bear Island 1	East: Northern Unorganized Nipissing
	South: Northern Unorganized Nipissing

References

Hap Wilson, Temagami Canoe Routes, 7th edition 1992, ISBN 0969325819
Temagami Integrated Planning Background Information, 2005, ISBN 0779470605, [Online version]

External links

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