Chief Tonene Lake is located in the Timiskaming District of Ontario, Canada.

[2] It is situated approximately equidistant between Virginiatown and the township of Larder Lake.

[2] It is located immediately south of on the Golden Highway element of Ontario Highway 66,[2] south of Bear Lake and north of Larder Lake.

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

[3][2] The lake is named after Ignace Tonené, the chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai First Nations community.