Chief Tonene Lake

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

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
TypeLake
Part ofSaint Lawrence River drainage basin
Max. length0.8 km (0.50 mi)
Surface elevation300 m (980 ft)

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. 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. 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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