Lake Timiskaming

{{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, Ottawa River, 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}}[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/timiskaming-lake Timiskaming Lake], on thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

| depth =

{{convert|122|m|ft|abbr=on}}[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/timiskaming-lake Timiskaming Lake], on thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

| max-depth = {{convert|216|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| volume =

{{convert|37.09|km3|cumi|abbr=on}}[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/timiskaming-lake Timiskaming Lake], on thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

| residence_time =

| shore =

| elevation = {{convert|178.40|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| frozen =

| islands = du Collège, Mann

Farr Island

| cities = Temiskaming Shores

Ville-Marie, Quebec

Ville-Marie, Quebec

Notre dam Du Nord

| reference = [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 }}

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Lake Timiskaming or Lake Temiskaming ({{langx|fr|Lac Témiscamingue}}, {{IPA|fr|lak temiskamɛ̃ɡ|pron}}) is a large freshwater lake on the 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}}. 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 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.{{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}}

{{Stack|File:Fort Temiscamingue 1.jpg near Ville-Marie, Quebec.]]}}