Temiskaming Shores, Ontario

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City of Temiskaming Shores
Coordinates: 47°31′N 79°41′W / 47.517, -79.683
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Timiskaming District
Established 2004
Government
 - Mayor Judy Pace
 - Governing Body Temiskaming Shores City Council
 - MPs Anthony Rota (LPC)
 - MPPs David Ramsay (OLP)
Elevation 347.5 m (1,140 ft)
Population (2006)[1]
 - Total 10,732
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code P0J
Area code(s) 705
Website: City of Temiskaming Shores

Temiskaming Shores is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It was created by the amalgamation of the town of New Liskeard, the town of Haileybury, and the township of Dymond in 2004. The city had a total population of 10,732 in the Canada 2006 Census. Temiskaming Shores is Ontario's second-smallest city, in terms of population, after Dryden. Haileybury is the seat of Timiskaming District.

Prior to the amalgamation of Temiskaming Shores, the region was commonly nicknamed The Tri-Towns, a designation that also encompassed the neighbouring town of Cobalt. Cobalt was also part of the original Temiskaming Shores amalgamation plan, but ultimately rejected the proposal.

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[edit] Geography

Temiskaming Shores is located along the southern edge of the Clay Belt area, near the Quebec border on the shores of Lake Timiskaming's Wabi Bay. The separate township municipality of Harris separates the city from the Ontario-Quebec border. The nearest town on the Quebec side of the border is Notre-Dame-du-Nord.

The city is located within the Timiskaming Graben, a smaller branch of the Ottawa Valley. A large escarpment, known as Devil's Rock, is located near Haileybury.

[edit] History

Haileybury and Lake Timiskaming.
Haileybury and Lake Timiskaming.
North Cobalt.
North Cobalt.
New Liskeard on Wabi Creek.
New Liskeard on Wabi Creek.

The Ottawa River, which drains into and out of Lake Timiskaming, was a well-travelled route from the earliest times. Native peoples and later French voyageurs would have travelled this route. The Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post on Bear Island. In 1886, Alexander H. Telfer led a survey trip up Lake Timiskaming and gave a report to the Temiskaming Settlers' Association.[1] By this time, the Quebec side of Lake Timiskaming was being settled and steamboat transportation was established. Haileybury had its' beginnings in 1889 by Charles Cobbold Farr. The town was named for his former school in England. Before more settlements could be established, the The Quebec - Ontario boundary north of Lake Timiskaming had to be accurately surveyed. Earlier surveys by Quebec and Ontario resulted in a boundary dispute, so the Canadian government sent a survey team to resolve the issue in 1890. William Ogilvie, who had recently distinguished himself by accurately surveying the Canada - Alaska boundary, led the expedition. A benchmark near Mattawa was used to establish an accurate benchmark north of Lake Timiskaming, using astronomical methods. From the head of Lake Timiskaming, they proceeded north to James Bay, fixing accurate positions of the provincial boundary at regular intervals using geodesy data derived from star transits. Ogilvie's journal describe conditions in this area and the early settlers he met. His report on this expedition describes the details of this expedition. [2]

Dymond was incorporated as a township in 1901, followed by the incorporations of New Liskeard in 1903 and Haileybury in 1904. New Liskeard's first mayor was John Armstrong, and Haileybury's was Charles Cobbold Farr, one of the town's very first settlers. Later, in 1909, the Haileybury Hockey Club played its first and only season in the NHA. The club was taken over and moved by Montreal's Club Antique-Canadien for the following season, and became the Montreal Canadiens.

The region was affected by the Great Fire of 1922, as well as by the 1935 Timiskaming earthquake, which had its epicentre at Lac Kipawa in Quebec, approximately halfway between the Haileybury/New Liskeard area and North Bay.

The town of Haileybury annexed the neighbouring community of North Cobalt in 1971.

[edit] Amalgamation issues

Though now established as one city, Temiskaming Shores is not fully integrated as such — there exists a noticeable demarcation between New Liskeard/Dymond and Haileybury/North Cobalt. The downtown areas of New Liskeard and Haileybury are separated by 8 km-long Lakeshore Road. Most of this road's length does not include sidewalks and this makes it quite impractical to travel through the city without using a motor vehicle. The proposed STATO Trail would resolve this problem.

Also, city council has yet to approach Canada Post to have Temiskaming Shores recognized as a mailing address. Currently, mail is delivered to PO boxes and rural routes in the pre-amalgamation towns of New Liskeard (P0J 1P0), Haileybury (P0J 1K0), and North Cobalt (P0J 1R0).

[edit] Transportation

Highway 11 and Highway 65 pass through the city. The primary arterial route through Haileybury and New Liskeard also formerly held the business route designation Highway 11B.

Temiskaming Shores and Cobalt share a small public transit system, Tri-Town Transit.

[edit] Shopping

The city's one shopping mall, Timiskaming Square, is located in the Dymond area.

[edit] Education

[edit] Separate schools

  • Ecole catholique Sainte-Croix, Ecole catholique Sacré-Coeur, Ecole catholique St-Michel, Ecole catholique secondaire Sainte-Marie (administered by Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes-Rivières)
  • English Catholic Central School, St. Patrick School (administered by Northeastern Catholic District School Board)

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[edit] Colleges

[edit] Media

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[edit] Notable residents

[edit] References

  1. ^ Worth Travelling Miles to See: Diary of a Survey Trip to Lake Temiskaming 1886 By A. H. Telfer
  2. ^ Report of exploratory survey to Hudson's Bay, William Ogilvie 1891

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