Temiskaming Shores, Ontario

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Temiskaming Shores, Ontario is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada.It was created by the amalgamation of New Liskeard, Haileybury, and the Township of Dymond. It is located near the Quebec border on the shores of Lake Timiskaming. With a population of slightly over 10,000, Temiskaming Shores was granted city status in 2004. Haileybury is the seat of Timiskaming District.

History of Haileybury

Haileybury is the southern-most region, district, or borough of Temiskaming Shores and has a population of approximately 4,500.

• 1889 - Settled by Charles Cobbold Farr

• 1904 - Haileybury incorporated as a town with Charles Cobbold Farr as mayor

• 1909 - The Haileybury Hockey Club plays its first and only season in the NHA. The club was taken over and moved by Montreal's Club Antique-Canadien for the following season and became the Montreal Canadiens.

• 1910 - 7 year-old Leslie McFarlane, first author of the Hardy Boys series of books, moves to Haileybury. He lived there until 1920, and again from 1927-1936. He wrote 10 Hardy Boys books while living in Haileybury.

• 1922 - Great Fire of 1922 (October 4th)

• 1971 - Haileybury annexes North Cobalt

History of New Liskeard

New Liskeard is the central region/district/borough of Temiskaming Shores and has a population of approximately 4,800.

• 1891 - First settled by Europeans (The settlement of the indigenous First Nations people had already been abandoned)

• 1903 - New Liskeard incorporated as a town with John Armstrong (not this John Armstrong) as its first mayor

• 1922 - Great Fire of 1922 (October 4th)

History of Dymond

Dymond Township is the northern-most region, district, or borough of Temiskaming Shores. It contains most of the large commercial enterprises (such as Walmart and a line of fast food restaurants) and the city's single shopping mall.

• 1891 - First Settled by Europeans

• 1901 - Dymond incorporated as a township

• 1922 - Great Fire of 1922 (October 4th)

Government

The current mayor of Temiskaming Shores is Jamie Hawken who previously was the mayor of New Liskeard, and there are 6 city councillors. The city is represented at the provincial level by David Ramsay (Liberal, Timiskaming-Cochrane) and at the federal level by Anthony Rota (Liberal, Nipissing-Timiskaming.)

Education

Separate schools

• Paradis Des Petits, Ecole catholique Sainte-Croix, Ecole catholique Sacré-Coeur, Ecole catholique St-Michel, Ecole catholique secondaire Sainte-Marie (administered by Conseil scolaire catholique de District des Grandes-Rivières)
• English Central Catholic School (administered by Northeastern Catholic District School Board)

Public schools

• New Liskeard Public School, Haileybury Public School, Temiskaming District Secondary School (administered by District School Board Ontario North East)
• Ecole publique Témiskaming-Sud (administered by Conseil scolaire public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario)

Colleges

• Northern College
• Collège Boréal

Media

Radio

• 99.7 FM CBON-2, La Première Chaîne
• 102.3 FM CBCY, CBC Radio One
• 103.5 FM CHIM-4, religious
• 104.5 FM CJTT, adult contemporary

Newspapers

• The Temiskaming Speaker (published weekly)
• The Voice of the Shores (published weekly)
• Le Reflet (published weekly)

See also

• Cobalt, Ontario (population 1,200) - With Haileybury and New Liskeard it was considered as one of the members of the unnofficial conglomerate known as the Tri-Towns. Cobalt was originally proposed to be included in the amalgamated city, however they rejected the plan.

• List of communities in Ontario

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