- 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 inCanada :*
Lake Timiskaming (in French: "Lac Témiscamingue")
*Nipissing—Timiskaming , a federal riding in the province ofOntario
*Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district) , a provincial riding of Ontario
*Timiskaming District , acensus division ofOntario
**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-MarieThe 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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