Chief Tonene Lake
Tournene Lake (former name)
Chief Tonene Lake is located in Ontario
Chief Tonene Lake
Chief Tonene Lake
LocationTimiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates48°07′00″N 79°38′30″W / 48.11667°N 79.64167°W / 48.11667; -79.64167
TypeLake
Part ofSaint Lawrence River drainage basin
Max. length0.8 km (0.50 mi)
Surface elevation300 m (980 ft)

Chief Tonene Lake (previously Tournene Lake and Lac Tournene) is a lake in the Timiskaming District of Ontario, Canada.

Location

Chief Tonene Lake is located in the Timiskaming District of Ontario, Canada.[1] It is situated approximately equidistant between Virginiatown and the township of Larder Lake.[1] It is located immediately south of on the Golden Highway element of Ontario Highway 66,[1] south of Bear Lake and north of Larder Lake.[2]

Geologically, the lake is immediately south of the Larder Lake-Cadillac fault line.[3]

History and nomenclature

The lake was previously known as Tournene Lake and Lac Tournene (in French), until 2016 when it was officially re-named.[2][1] The lake is named after Ignace Tonené, the chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai First Nations community.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Chief Tonene Lake (Formerly Tournene Lake / lac Tournene) Archived 2023-03-01 at the Wayback Machine Canadian Geographical Names Database, Government of Canada, accessed 2 March 2022
  2. 1 2 Chief Tonene Lake Archived 2023-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Geographical Names Database, Government of Canada, accessed 1 March 2022
  3. Vernon M. Shein (1987) Report of Work: Phoenix Gold Mines Limited, Winchester Property, Larder Lake Area, Ontario Archived 2023-03-02 at the Wayback Machine Toronto
  4. Hodgins, Bruce W.; Morrison, James (1998). "Biography – Tonené, Ignace". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
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