The Joan Peninsula is a peninsula in

Northeastern Ontario Northeastern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario, which lies north of Lake Huron and east of Lake Superior. Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskami ...

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, situated in the central portion of

Lake Temagami Lake Temagami, formerly spelled as Lake Timagami, is a lake in Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada, situated approximately 80 km north of North Bay. The lake's name comes from ''dimii-agamiing'' "tih-MEE-uh-guh-MEENG", which m ...

. It is surrounded by three portions of Lake Temagami; Granny Bay to the north, the Northwest Arm to the west and another arm of Lake Temagami to the east that connects with Granny Bay. The peninsula is connected to the mainland in the northwest.Otthertooth.com - Land claim negotiations
/ref> The Joan Peninsula is the namesake of Joan Township, a

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that includes the Joan Peninsula.

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Peninsulas of Ontario Landforms of Temagami {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub

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