Timiskaming is a word from the
Algonquin ''Temikami'' or ''Temikaming'', from ''tim'' meaning "deep" and ''kami'' meaning "open waters".
Alternate spellings include: Temiskaming, Témiscaming, Témiscamingue. The word
Temagami comes from the same root.
Controversy exists over the spelling of this word. A movement to change the spelling of the District of Timiskaming to Temiskaming (an e instead of an i) cites a typographical error by a government official, but the act of parliament that led to the name change granted this official authority to correct the spelling. What he considered to be a spelling correction, some people today call a spelling mistake.
The spelling controversy goes back to the 18th century. English maps from that century
[{{cite web , url=http://www.davidrumsey.com/view.html , title=David Rumsey Historical Map Collection , editor=David Rumsey , author=various , publisher=various , date=1700s , accessdate=2010-09-25] show the spelling of the lake as Temiscamin, Temescaming, Temiscaming, Timiscaming, and Temiscamino, with Temiscaming being the most common. Spelling of the name of the aboriginal tribe presented even more alternatives. In all cases, though, there is no k. The 21st Century has inherited a debate from the 18th Century.
It refers to the following places, all in
Canada:
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Lake Timiskaming (in French: ''Lac Témiscamingue'')
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Nipissing—Timiskaming, a federal riding in the province of Ontario
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Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district), a provincial riding of Ontario
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Timiskaming District, a census division of Ontario
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Temiskaming Shores, city in the Timiskaming District
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Unorganized East Timiskaming District
Unorganized East Timiskaming District is an unorganized area in the Canadian province of Ontario, comprising the unincorporated portions of the Timiskaming District lying east of the municipal boundaries of Kirkland Lake and north of the municipa ...
, an unorganized territory in the Timiskaming District
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Unorganized West Timiskaming District, an unorganized territory in the Timiskaming District
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Abitibi—Témiscamingue, a federal electoral district in Quebec
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Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue, a provincial electoral district in Quebec
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Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 146,717 peo ...
, a region located in western Quebec
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Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec, a regional county municipality RCM in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
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Timiskaming, Quebec, a First Nation reserve in Témiscamingue RCM
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Témiscaming, a city in Témiscamingue RCM
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Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Quebec, an unorganized territory in Témiscamingue RCM
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Fort Témiscamingue
Fort Témiscamingue was a trading post from the 17th century in Duhamel-Ouest, Quebec, near Ville-Marie, Canada, located on the fur trade route on the east shore of Lake Timiskaming. The fort is a National Historic Site, operated as part of ...
, a former trading post and National Historic Site near Ville-Marie
The name was also used in several abolished federal and provincial ridings:
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Timiskaming (provincial electoral district)
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Timiskaming (electoral district) (federal)
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Timiskaming—Cochrane (federal)
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Timiskaming—French River (federal)
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Timiskaming North (federal)
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Timiskaming South (federal)
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Témiscamingue (electoral district) (federal)
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Témiscamingue (provincial electoral district)
References
Algonquian languages
category:Place name etymologies
category:Names of places in Canada
category:Geography of Abitibi-Témiscamingue
category:Geography of Timiskaming District