Temagami Island, formerly spelt as Timagami Island, is an island in Lake Temagami

Lake Temagami

Lake Temagami, formerly spelt as Lake Timagami, is a lake in Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada, situated approximately 80 km north of North Bay...

 in Northeastern Ontario

Northeastern Ontario

Northeastern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and east of Lakes Superior and Huron.Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskaming, Nipissing and Manitoulin; and the single-tier municipality of Greater...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It is the largest island within the lake, with Bear Island

Bear Island (Lake Temagami)

Bear Island is an island in Lake Temagami of Northeastern Ontario, Canada. With an area of , it is the seconed largest island in Lake Temagami after Temagami Island...

 coming second. The island has many hiking trails that lead into the old-growth forest that is a mix of large white

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus, commonly known as the eastern white pine, is a large pine native to eastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba, and south along the Appalachian Mountains to the northern edge of Georgia.It is occasionally known as simply white pine,...

 and red pine

Red Pine

Pinus resinosa, commonly known as the red pine or Norway pine, is pine native to North America. The Red Pine occurs from Newfoundland west to Manitoba, and south to Pennsylvania, with several smaller, disjunct populations occurring in the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia and West Virginia, as well...

 trees. A large copper mine opened on Temagami Island in 1954 called Copperfields Mine, which mined largest deposit of nearly pure chalcopyrite

Chalcopyrite

Chalcopyrite is a copper iron sulfide mineral that crystallizes in the tetragonal system. It has the chemical composition CuFeS2. It has a brassy to golden yellow color and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale. Its streak is diagnostic as green tinged black.On exposure to air, chalcopyrite...

 ever discovered in Canada. The mine closed in 1972.

Temagami Island lies within n'Daki Menan, the homeland of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai

Teme-Augama Anishnabai

The Teme-Augama Anishnabai is the Aboriginal community of the Temagami First Nation. The TAA have trapped and hunted animals in the Temagami region of Canada for over 5,000 years...

, which covers almost 4000 square miles (10,360 km²).

Temagami Island is also home to Camp Wabikon, a residential summer youth camp.

A bright white palladium

Palladium

Palladium is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pd and an atomic number of 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston. He named it after the asteroid Pallas, which was itself named after the epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, acquired...

 mercury

Mercury (element)

Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum...

 telluride

Telluride (chemistry)

The telluride ion is Te2−. It is the final stable member of the series of dianions O2−, S2−, and Se2− ....

 mineral

Mineral

A mineral is a naturally occurring solid chemical substance formed through biogeochemical processes, having characteristic chemical composition, highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties. By comparison, a rock is an aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids and does not...

 was discovered on Temagami Island in 1973 called temagamite

Temagamite

Temagamite is a bright white palladium mercury telluride mineral with a hardness of 2½ on the Mohs scale. Its chemical formula is Pd3HgTe3. It was discovered at the Temagami Mine on Temagami Island, Lake Temagami in 1973, and it represents a rare mineral in the Temagami greenstone belt.It occurs as...

, named after its discovery locality in Copperfields Mine, originally known as Temagami Mine.