Timiskaming is a word from the Algonquin Temikami or Temikaming, from tim 'deep' and kami 'open waters'.[1] Alternate spellings include Temiskaming, Témiscaming and 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,[2] 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[3] 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 northeastern Ontario and western Quebec, Canada:
Lake Timiskaming (in French: Lac Témiscamingue)
Timiskaming District, a census division of Ontario
Temiskaming Shores, city in the Timiskaming District
Unorganized East Timiskaming District, an unorganized territory in the Timiskaming District
Unorganized West Timiskaming District, an unorganized territory in the Timiskaming District
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, a region located in western Quebec
Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, a regional county municipality (RCM) in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Timiskaming First Nation, 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, a former trading post and National Historic Site near Ville-Marie
Federal and provincial ridings:
Abitibi—Témiscamingue, a federal electoral district in Quebec
Nipissing—Timiskaming, a federal riding in the province of Ontario
Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue, a provincial electoral district in Quebec
Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district), a provincial riding of Ontario
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) (federal)
Témiscamingue (provincial electoral district)
^"Témiscaming (Ville)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-12-24.
^Joe O'Grady (January 2010). "Referendum on spelling of Timiskaming planned". Northern News. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
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