Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The Ottawa River is 1,200 kilometres long, and its presence is an important part of Canada’s geography.The river, with Lake Temiskaming at its head, feeds into the St. Lawrence River, and from there feeds into the Atlantic Ocean.Lake Temiskaming and the
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Lake Temiskaming ice free on May 3
DISTRICT (Staff) — The ice is now gone from the largest body of water in this region — Lake Temiskaming — and our local lake watcher concurs with the day it left the lake.The Temiskaming Speaker contacted Haileybury lakeside resident Paul Gordon for his take on when the
A look at Lake Temiskaming breakup
DISTRICT (Staff) – It’s been a warmer than usual winter this year in the region surrounding Lake Temiskaming. Anglers on Lake Temiskaming have reported a buildup of at least a foot of ice on the lake this year whereas last year there was at least two or more feet
Lake Temiskaming ice free on May 5
DISTRICT (Staff) — The ice is now gone from the largest body of water in this region — Lake Temiskaming — and two local lake watchers concur with the day it left the lake.The Temiskaming Speaker contacted Haileybury lakeside residents, Paul Gordon and Jeff Laferriere, for their take
Predicting the lake breakup?
DISTRICT (Staff) – It’s been a long, cold, clingy winter and this may be the year we set a new lake breakup record for Lake Temiskaming.Anglers on Lake Temiskaming have reported a buildup of at least four to six feet of ice on the lake this year which
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From the Editor’s Desk
Our Next MegaprojectWe’ve finished the anniversary of one of the biggest megaprojects in the last quarter century in this area and we are approaching an anniversary of another.The 25th anniversary of the New Liskeard waterfront project was celebrated in June. That project included approximately two-kilometres of
At the beach
Recognition urged for Haileybury creatorsDianeJohnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – About three weeks after Lake Temiskaming was declared ice-free, a photo of kids in the water at the Haileybury beach graced the front page of The Weekender. …the real reason these kids could
Lake Temiskaming ice break-up was May 12
DISTRICT (Staff) – It’s that time of year when local residents wonder and ponder the date of the official ice break-up of Lake Temiskaming. Many in the region felt with a clingy winter that this would be the year we would set a new lake break-up record, but such