Timiskaming

Timiskaming

Timiskaming is a word from the Algonquin "Temikami" or "Temikaming", meaning "deep waters". Alternate spellings include: Temiskaming, Témiscaming, Témiscamingue. The word Temagami comes from the same root. It refers to the following places, all in Canada:

* Lake Timiskaming (in French: "Lac Témiscamingue")
* Nipissing—Timiskaming, a federal riding in the province of Ontario
* Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district), a provincial riding of Ontario
* Timiskaming District, a census division of Ontario
** Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, city in the Timiskaming District
** Timiskaming, Unorganized, East Part, Ontario, an unorganized territory in the Timiskaming District
** Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part, Ontario, 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, a region located in western Quebec
** Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec, a regional county municipality in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
*** Timiskaming, Quebec, a First Nation reserve in Témiscamingue RCM
*** Témiscaming, Quebec, a city in Témiscamingue RCM
*** Fort Témiscamingue, 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 (electoral district) (federal)
* Timiskaming—Cochrane (federal)
* Timiskaming—French River (federal)
* Timiskaming North (federal)
* Timiskaming South (federal)
* Témiscamingue (electoral district) (formerly known as Rouyn-Noranda—Témiscamingue), a federal electoral district in Quebec


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