Timiskaming is a word from the Algonquin Temikami or Temikaming, from tim 'deep' and kami 'open waters'.
[1] Alternate spellings include Temiskaming, Témiscaming and Témiscamingue.
A movement to change the spelling of the District of Timiskaming to Temiskaming (an e instead of an i) cites a typographical error by a government official,[2] but the act of parliament that led to the name change granted this official authority to correct the spelling.
English maps from that century[3] show the spelling of the lake as Temiscamin, Temescaming, Temiscaming, Timiscaming, and Temiscamino, with Temiscaming being the most common.
It refers to the following places, all in northeastern Ontario and western Quebec, Canada: The name was also used in several abolished federal and provincial ridings: