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 Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

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Lake Timiskaming Lake Timiskaming or Lake Temiskaming (french: Lac Témiscamingue) is a large freshwater lake on the provincial boundary between Ontario and Quebec, Canada. The lake, which forms part of the Ottawa River, is in length and covers an area of a ...

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Nipissing—Timiskaming Nipissing—Timiskaming is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The riding was formed by the amalgamation of the former Nipissing riding with the southeastern p ...

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Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district) Timiskaming—Cochrane is a provincial electoral district in northern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. History The riding was created in 1999 from parts of Cochrane North, Cochrane South, Timiskam ...

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Timiskaming District Timiskaming is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma, Nipissing, and Sudbury districts. In 1921, Cochrane District was created from par ...

, a census division of Ontario ** Temiskaming Shores, city in the Timiskaming District **

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 ** Unorganized West Timiskaming District, an unorganized territory in the Timiskaming District * Abitibi—Témiscamingue, a federal electoral district in Quebec * Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue, a provincial electoral district in Quebec *

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 ** Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec, a regional county municipality RCM in Abitibi-Témiscamingue *** Timiskaming, Quebec, a First Nation reserve in Témiscamingue RCM *** Témiscaming, a city in Témiscamingue RCM *** Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Quebec, an unorganized territory in Témiscamingue RCM ***

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: *

Timiskaming (provincial electoral district) Timiskaming was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1999. It encompassed most of the Timiskaming District. For the 1999 election, in which all electoral d ...

Timiskaming (electoral district) Timiskaming (later known as Timiskaming—French River) was a federal electoral district in the northeastern part of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925, and from 1935 to 1997. It was created ...

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Timiskaming—Cochrane Timiskaming—Cochrane was a federal electoral district in Ontario that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003. It was located in the northeast part of Ontario. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Cochrane� ...

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Timiskaming—French River Timiskaming (later known as Timiskaming—French River) was a federal electoral district in the northeastern part of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925, and from 1935 to 1997. It was created ...

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Timiskaming North Timiskaming North was a Canadian electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada for ten years, from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the northeastern part of the province of Ontario. It was created in 1924 from parts of Timiskaming ...

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Timiskaming South Timiskaming South was a Canadian Electoral district (Canada), electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the northeastern part of the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario ...

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Témiscamingue (provincial electoral district) Témiscamingue is a former provincial electoral district in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It was created for the 1912 election from part of Pontiac electoral district. its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in t ...

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Algonquian languages category:Place name etymologies category:Names of places in Canada category:Geography of Abitibi-Témiscamingue category:Geography of Timiskaming District