Chief Tonene Lake

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[1]) is a lake in the Timiskaming District of Ontario, Canada.

Location

Chief Tonene Lake is located in the Timiskaming District of Ontario, Canada.[2] It is situated approximately equidistant between Virginiatown and the township of Larder Lake.[2] It is located immediately south of on the Golden Highway element of Ontario Highway 66,[2] south of Bear Lake and north of Larder Lake.[3]

Geologically, the lake is immediately south of the Larder Lake-Cadillac fault line.[4]

History and nomenclature

The lake was previously known as Tournene Lake and Lac Tournene (in French), until 2016 when it was officially re-named.[3][2] The lake is named after Ignace Tonené, the chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai First Nations community.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chief Tonene Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d 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
  3. ^ a b Chief Tonene Lake Archived 2023-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Geographical Names Database, Government of Canada, accessed 1 March 2022
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ 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.