If you enjoy visiting our town of Temagami,
you might also want to visit our neighbor The village of Marten River or other
places in northern Ontario such as The Town
of Latchford, just 30 minutes away from us. Several other nearby towns also
have useful websites including Temiskaming Shores,
Town of Cobalt and
North Bay Ontario.
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Town of
Temagami
Temagami Welcome Centre Municipal Offices. Located behind the
Temagami Shell Station. Travel Information Centre Art Gallery, (visiting
artists) Public Library
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Temagami Area Fish Involvement
Program
Fish Hatchery on Lakeshore Dr. Operated by a volunteer group of
interested people with the primary objective of improving the walleye fish
stocks in area lakes.
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Caribou Mountain Lookout
A
lookout platform located on the western edge of Caribou Mountain and accessed
by turning right off O'Conner Dr. to Jack Guppy Way and proceeding to the
clubhouse at the end of the road.
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White Bear Forest Trails
A system
of trails beginning at the base of Caribou Mountain and spreading out to
Cassels and Snake Lakes. Information available at the Travel Information
Centre.
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Visiting & Local Artist Gallery in
Information Centre
Come see the work of area artists on display
throughout the summer.
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The Loft Art Gallery
Local Artist
Helen Hall's art gallery is located down Lowell Lake Road. Call (705)569-3672
for information on available times.
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Temagami Canoe Company
Temagami
Canoe Company, located in the village of Temagami, is Canada's second oldest
canoe builder.* It is dedicated to wood-canvas canoe construction. Founded in
1929 by Bill Smith, the company was bought by Steve and John Kilbridge in 1978.
Today it is operated by John. The old shop (left) was built in 1933. It still
contains the old boiler for generating steam to run the saws and soften the
ribs for bending.
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Lake Temagami Tour
With Loon
Lodge
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Pontoon Boat Tours - Lake
Temagami
With Andorra Lodge.
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The Temagami Tower
The 100 - foot
high Temagami Fire Tower stands on the summit of Caribou Mountain, 400' above
the town and 1300' above sea level. The cupola at the top of the tower commands
a view in excess of 40 kilometres, overlooking Finlayson Provincial Park, the
White Bear Forest with it's stands of old growth pine and the town's Portage
Bay with it's float plane base and water traffic.
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Temagami Chamber of
Commerce
Official homepage of the Temagami Chamber of Commerce,
promoting business in Temagami for over 50 years.
http://www.temagami.ca/chamber/
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Finlayson Point Provincial
Park
is located 1 km south of the town of Temagami, situated on Lake
Temagami. A small museum features displays of historic logging artifacts, old
tools, and locally found fossils and minerals.
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Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater
Wilderness Park
contains scenic lookouts at Maple Mountain, and
Ontario's rooftop, the Ishpatina Ridge. At 693 metres, it is Ontario's Highest
point. Other popular points are the blue waters of Smoothwater and Sunnywater
Lakes, numerous hiking trails and scenic waterfalls. Obabika River Waterway
Park extends southwest along Lady Evelyn Lake, Diamond Lake and Obabika
River.
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Temagami is a four-season
paradise,
with excellent ice-fishing for whitefish, walleye, and
northern pike. Groomed and signed snowmobile trails cover over 400 km and
connect with trails leading to other areas. Accommodation and fuel are readily
available. Dog sled touring is available from area lodges and outfitters as
either day trip or as an overnight excursion. Excellent groomed cross country
ski trail loops are maintained at several lodges, with rentals available.
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Interpretive hiking trails
wind
through the ancient pine stands on Temagami Island. The Ferguson Trails in
Ferguson Bay area and the White Bear Forest hiking trail system in the Caribou
Mountain area provide varying degrees of challenge as well. The White Bear
Forest is an uncut forest containing stands of old growth red and white pine,
with its attendant ecosystem features. A series of looped trails provides
educational as well as inspirational hike, ranging from 2 to 6 hours, or
overnight if desired.
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The Temagami Station
The Temagami
Station was built in 1907 by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, now
the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC), an Ontario Crown
Corporation. Two years later, the new stone station's interior was destroyed by
fire then reconstructed immediately. A freight building and an earlier wood
frame station, later used as a restaurant, shared the platform to the north,
next to a garden where 'TEMAGAMI' was spelled out with flowers. At the south
end of the platform, a second garden featured a small ornamental pond. Today
the stone station is all that remains.
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Fishing on "the big lake"
and in
the myriad of smaller lakes rewards the angler with lake trout, pickerel
(walleye), smallmouth bass, pike and whitefish. Other lakes and streams provide
speckled, brook and rainbow trout. Volunteers operate the Temagami Area Fish
Involvement Program to ensure the population of these species is protected in
our waters for many future generations. The program was started in 1985. Visit
the hatchery on Lakeshore Dr., west of the Municipal Building.
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Known as "Big Pine Country"
this
area boasts pristine lakes lined with old pine. The Obabika River contains
wetland communities famous among nature photographers for moose observation,
while the Wakimika Triangle is noted for old growth pine stands and hiking
trails. Running to the northwest is the Sturgeon River Waterway Park, with over
60 sets of rapids, providing early season canoeists with plenty of whitewater
fun! Completing the loop back to Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Park is the Solace
Waterway Park, with its classic flatwater paddling through pristine lakes.
