Marten River is an unincorporated hamlet located in the municipality of
Temagami
Temagami, formerly spelled Timagami, is a municipality in northeastern Ontario, Canada, in the Nipissing District with Lake Temagami at its heart.
The Temagami region is known as ''n'Daki Menan'', the homeland of the area's First Nations com ...
Ontario
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Canada
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. The latest census 2005 puts the town population at 87. Marten River is considered the gateway to the Temagami area. It is named after the nearby river.
The main industry is
mining
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logging
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The area has many good lakes for fishing including: Marten Lake, Ingall Lake, Olive Lake and Jumping Cariboo Lake off the old
Ferguson Highway
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Ontario Northland
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motor coaches stop at the Trapper Trading Post on the North Bay–Hearst route.