Chief Tonene Lake

Chief Tonene Lake is a lake in the Timiskaming District of Ontario, Canada.

Location

Chief Tonene Lake is located in the Timiskaming District of Ontario, Canada. It is situated approximately equidistant between Virginiatown and the township of Larder Lake. It is located immediately south of on the Golden Highway element of Ontario Highway 66, south of Bear Lake and north of Larder Lake.
Geologically, the lake is immediately south of the Larder Lake-Cadillac fault line.

History and nomenclature

The lake was previously known as Tournene Lake and Lac Tournene, until 2016 when it was officially re-named. The lake is named after Ignace Tonené, the chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai First Nations community.