Chief Tonene Lake Explained

Chief Tonene Lake
Location:Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Pushpin Map:Ontario
Part Of:Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
Other Name:Tournene Lake (former name)
Type:Lake

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

Geologically, the lake is immediately south of the Larder Lake-Cadillac fault line.[2]

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] The lake is named after Ignace Tonené, the chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai First Nations community.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Chief Tonene Lake , Canadian Geographical Names Database, Government of Canada, accessed 1 March 2022
  2. Vernon M. Shein (1987) Report of Work: Phoenix Gold Mines Limited, Winchester Property, Larder Lake Area, Ontario Toronto
  3. https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=0c5258d7849c20c33345630cad47791b Chief Tonene Lake (Formerly Tournene Lake / lac Tournene)
  4. Web site: Hodgins . Bruce W. . Morrison . James . 1998 . Biography – Tonené, Ignace . 2022-04-26 . . . 2022-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220517004421/http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/tonene_ignace_14E.html . live .