The Temagami Region

Northwaters Langskib acknowledges the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Algonquin peoples, home to Algonquins and Ojibway’s of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai (TAA) and Temagami First Nation (TFN). The TAA is a proud Indigenous community of n’Dakimenan, (which means “our land” in Anishnawbe) whose historical relationships with Temagami continue to this day.

Within the boundaries of this provincial forest reserve are four and one half million acres of crystal clear lakes and unspoiled rivers, and over three thousand kilometers of maintained portage trails. It is a canoeist’s paradise containing the tallest mountains in Ontario, one of the biggest stands of old growth pine left in eastern Canada, and the largest interconnected canoe route system in North America.

The rich cultural and historical heritage of the area and its people have attracted canoeists for decades. As settlers, we are thankful for the opportunity to live, work, and play here and are grateful to the generations of people who have cared for the land in a way that has made our being here possible.  

The Ojibway were the first to paddle the waters of Temagami and the TAA trace their ancestry back over five thousand years of continuous living on the lake. Later came the French Voyageurs of the Hudson Bay Company who established a fur trading-post on nearby Bear Island.

Carved by glaciers at the dawn of time, these waters remain unchanged to this day. The rivers and lakes teem with fish, and wildlife such as moose, otter, lynx and eagles abound. Leaf-bearing trees meet towering pines in this land where the evening skies are clear of light pollution, and filled with stars.