Frequently
Asked Questions
1. Where is Temagami located?
2. What emergency services are available?
3. What transportation options are available?
4. Will I become a bear's McHappy Meal?
5. How do you pronounce Temagami? What does it mean?
6. Didn't Grey Owl live here for a while?
7. What newspapers are available?
8. What Provincial Parks are available?
9. What is the weather/road conditions like?
1.
Where is Temagami located?
Temagami is located in Northern Ontario in the District of Nipissing along
Highway 11 (north of North Bay) and 4.5 hours north of Toronto. Temagami begins
at the Marten River and continues for more than 30km northwards.
Southerners take Highway 401 to Highway 400 north (Barrie) and continue until
the Highway 11 North turnoff. Continue along Highway 11 through North Bay
until you reach Temagami. There are no turns to take as the highway runs through
the town.
Temagami is made up of the following communities: Temagami, Bear Island, Marten
River and Lake Temagami. In all it is approximately 2400 square kilometres.
The town has grocery stores, a Bank of Nova Scotia, library (with internet
access), school, day care, community centre and churches.
2. What emergency services are available?
Boats
Boaters may use VHF Marine Channel 68 as well as CB channel 9. Do NOT use
channel 70 on your VHF radio as this is an emergency digital safety channel.
Marine Search and Rescue 1-800-267-7270
Police
Temagami and Bear Island each have their own police departments
Ontario Provincial Police
Lakeshore Drive
Temagami, ON, P0H 2H0
1-888-310-1122
TDD: 1-888-310-1133
Crimestoppers: 1-800-222-Tips
Fire
Temagami and Bear Island each have their own fire departments (volunteer).
Temagami Fire Emergency 705-569-3232
Fire Administration 705-569-4222
Forest Fire 1-888-863-3473
5 Stevens Road
Ambulance
Ambulance Administration 705-569-3258
Ambulance Emergency 705-569-3434
7 Stevens Road
(Fire and ambulance facilities are located beside one another. Stevens Road
is behind the railway station)
The nearest hospitals are located in North Bay and New Liskeard.
3. What transportation options are available?
Ontario Northland Railway (The Northlander)/Bus Passenger Service
705-569-3310
After Hours 1-800-461-8558
To find available rates and schedules, click here.
There is no taxi service in the town however water taxi service is available
(eg. Lakeland Airways)
4. Will I become a bear's McHappy Meal?
Education is the key here. Click this link
for safety precautions to take. MyTemagami.CA is not responsible if you become
a Happy Meal to a bear.
The Bear Reporting Line is 1-866-514-BEAR.
5. How do you pronounce Temagami? What does it mean?
Temagami is pronounced te-MAWG-a-mee ('te' as in ten, 'mawg' as in bog,
'a' as in apple and 'mee')
It is Ojibway for "Deep water by the shore".
6. Didn't Grey Owl live here for a while?
Archibald
(Archie) Belaney was born in 1888. In 1906 at the age of 18, Belaney left
Hastings, England for Canada where after a stay in Toronto he left by
train for Temiscaming. It was in Temiscaming that he met Bill Guppy, a
trapper. Belaney stayed the winter with Bill and his family. During that
time he learned many hunting and outdoor skills.
The Guppy's owned a piano and Archie Belaney would pick up on the songs
that the Guppy's sang and would play them on the piano.
In spring, Archie travelled by canoe with Bill and his brothers to Lake
Temagami. Archie found work at the Temagami Inn which was operated by
Dan O'Connor (1907). During his time there he began making friends with
the Native people and began to learn Ojibway. He made friends with a Native
woman named Angele Egwuna who worked in the kitchen of the inn. Angele's
Uncle referred to Archie as the "young owl who sits taking in everything".
It was here that the name Archie Grey Owl took form.
Between 1907 and 1927 Grey Owl worked as a fur trapper, wilderness guide
and a forest ranger. He would eventually leave Temagami and meet an Iroquois
woman named Gertrude Bernard. She would change his trapping ways and encourage
him to promote conservation instead. He would publish his writings as
he was no longer making money by trapping. |
National Archives
- NA-3680-5 |
In 1999 a movie starring Pierce Brosnan was made about the life of Archie
Grey Owl.
7. What newspapers are available?
The Temagami Talker 705-569-2311
The Temiskaming Speaker (link)
The Temagami Times
and the North Bay Nugget (link)
8. What Provincial Parks are available?
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What are the weather/road conditions like?
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