Témiscaming, Quebec

Témiscaming is a town located at the south end of Lac Témiscamingue on the upper Ottawa River in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality of western Quebec, Canada. Also nearby is Lac Kipawa, which is the lake that has the most coastline in Canada.

CKVM-FM has a retransmitter in Témiscaming.

History

The town was established in 1917 by the Riordon Pulp and Paper Company who built the Kipawa Mills pulp and paper mill there. Designed according to a Garden City plan by Scottish architect Thomas Adams(1871-1940), the town was originally named Kipawa in 1920 but was renamed the following year. The town and mill were bought by the Canadian International Paper Company in 1925. In 1972, when the company decided to close the mill, the employees formed Tembec to take over the operation of the mill.

The Timber Train, an excursion train, traveled between Témiscaming and Mattawa, Ontario.

On November 1, 1935, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake had its epicentre a few kilometres east of Témiscaming. See 1935 Timiskaming earthquake.

tatistics

According to the Canada 2006 Census:
*Population: 2,697
*% Change (2001-2006): -7.1
*Dwellings: 1,259
*Area (km²): 717.87
*Density (persons per km²): 3.8

ports

From the 2007-08 season on, Temiscaming is the home of the Temiscaming Royals Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team of the Ontario-based Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.

External links

* [http://www.temiscaming.net/ Town web site]
* [http://cca.qc.ca/pages/Niveau3.asp?page=power&lang=eng Planning of the townsite]

Geographic Location
Centre = Témiscaming
North = Laniel
Northeast =
East = Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue,
Kipawa
Southeast =
South = "Ottawa River" / Mattawan, Ontario
Southwest =
West = "Ottawa River", bridge to Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part, Ontario
Northwest =