Temagami

Temagami is a country of deep lakes, islands and old pine forests on the Canadian Shield. Its name refers to deep water by the shore. This is the homeland of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai, the People of the Deep Water, whose families maintained distinct territories for hunting, fishing and gathering. Lake Temagami's long arms and many islands are joined by rivers and portages to the surrounding interior.

French trading records mention a chief of Smoothwater Lake in 1725. By the early nineteenth century several companies sought furs in the area: the American Fur Company opened a short-lived post on Lake Temagami in 1821, and the Hudson's Bay Company established another on Temagami Island in 1834. The Teme-Augama Anishnabai continued to use their family lands as traders competed for their furs.