Country Canada Regional county None Time zone EST (UTC-5) Area 18.2 km² Province Québec | Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue Formed 1854 Postal Code J0Z 3B0 Population 540 (2011) Area code 819 | |
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Timiskaming (former official designation Timiskaming 19) is a First Nations reserve in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada, just north of the head of Lake Timiskaming. It belongs to the Timiskaming First Nation, an Algonquin band. It is geographically within the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality but administratively not part of it.
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Map of Timiskaming, New Liskeard, QC, Canada
History
In 1853, following the proposed distribution by Commissioner of Crown Lands John Rolph, the Governor General in Council assigned the Nipissing, Algonquin, and Ottawa Indians of the Timiscaming region a reserve of 38,400 acres (15,500 ha), located along the Ottawa River, and originally known as Temiscamingue Reserve. But piece-by-piece, the reserve was reduced in size when the Indians ceded lots back to the government in 1897, 1898, every year from 1905 to 1917, 1939, 1953, and 1955. But many of these surrenders are now being disputed.
On October 23, 1999, the Quebec government officially recognized a name change from Timiscaming to Timiskaming. On July 30, 2002, the Department of Indian Affairs recognized that the reserve's name was changed to Timiskaming.
Population
As of September 2012, the registered population of the Timiskaming First Nation is 1,898 members, of whom 630 live on the Timiskaming reserve, 7 live on another reserve or crown land, and 1,261 live off reserve.
Language
Mother tongue:
Economy
The reserve's economy is tied to the adjacent town of Notre-Dame-du-Nord and mostly based on logging, farming, construction, and tourism. There are about 15 enterprises on the reserve. The Timiskaming First Nation administration employs about 70 persons.
Education
There is only one school on the reserve: Kiwetin School, providing pre-Kindergarten to secondary grade 2. It had an enrolment of 65 students in 2008-2009.