Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'Opémican · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0

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History of Témiscaming · Canada’s heritage registers

Témiscaming: 2 historic places, every one with the highest designation

More of Témiscaming’s homes are old than in most towns: 35% before 1961, against 18%. Its oldest building on the record is Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'Opémican, from 1883.

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Historic places

Highest designations

National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements

Oldest building

1883

the first construction date on its record

Homes built before 1961

35%

typical town: 18%

In pictures

Old and new: 2 photos and 3 old pictures of Témiscaming

Leading off: Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'Opémican and Témiscaming station. The photos cover both places on Témiscaming’s registers.

Témiscaming station

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Through time

Old Témiscaming, 1882 to 1927

By date: 2 old photographs of the town, with the oldest view of one of its historic places. Every picture opens full screen, credit and all.

Confederation to 1900Chantier au lac Temiskaming 1882Photo: Père Paradis, Charles Marie Alfred, 1828-1926 , Oblat de Marie-Immaculée · Public domain

The wars and betweenKipawa Co Ltd Mill 1919Public domain

The wars and betweenCPR station Temiscaming 3770719 1Public domain

Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.

How it began

Back to 1880: Témiscaming’s first record

By 1927 the place had a station: Témiscaming station. Wikidata gives the municipality of Témiscaming the date 1880, which can mark a founding, an incorporation or a merger. Behind the name Témiscaming is Lake Timiskaming, lake on the Quebec-Ontario border.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Témiscaming’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Highest designations

Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.

The 2, by tier

2 Highest designations

Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Highest designations

2 places in Témiscaming with the highest designation

Designations came from 1983 to 2012. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. The oldest, Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'Opémican, dates from 1883; the newest from 1927. Each one opens its own page.

Classified heritage building (Québec) · 1927Témiscaming station15 rue HumphreyPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file

Classified heritage site (Québec) · 1883Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'Opémican31 rue WindsorPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Around the town

The closest heritage to Témiscaming is “Canadian National Railway Station, North Bay, Ontario”, 53 km off

They belong to 6 towns, chiefly North Bay, Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part and Lorrainville. By designation: 3 municipal citations, 2 heritage railway stations and 2 National Historic Sites. Oldest of them is Obadjiwan–Fort Témiscamingue (1685), 68 km off.

The 10 nearest, within 100 km

Canadian National Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1916–1917 · 53 km away, in North Bay

Canadian Pacific Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 54 km away, in North Bay

Obadjiwan–Fort TémiscamingueNational Historic Site · 1685–1686 · 68 km away, in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part

Maison du Frère-MoffetClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1881 · 72 km away, in Ville-Marie

Caserne de pompiers de LorrainvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1931 · 72 km away, in Lorrainville

Church of Our Lady of Mount CarmelMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1921 · 75 km away, in Lorrainville

Domaine Moses-BrownClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1894–1896 · 80 km away, in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part

Domaine BreenCited heritage site (Québec) · 1906 · 86 km away, in Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues

Cobalt Mining DistrictNational Historic Site · 1903 · 87 km away, in Temiskaming Shores

Cobalt railway stationOntario Heritage Trust easement · 87 km away, in Temiskaming Shores

Homes by age

Only 1.3% of Témiscaming’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)

More than half of Témiscaming’s housing predates 1981. Few of Témiscaming’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 5.8%, the norm 15%. Témiscaming has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 33%, where most towns have 23%.

35%

Before 1961

26%

1961–80

33%

1981–2000

5.8%

2001–15

1.3%

2016–21

TémiscamingTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

In brief

Témiscaming in brief

The pre-1961 share of Témiscaming’s homes is 35%, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation, with Témiscaming station first. The rest is about typical: the designations ran from 1983 to 2012.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
Québec’s register. The Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec is open data, so the province’s own designations and its municipalities’ citations are here in full.
People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.

Questions about Témiscaming’s history

How old are the homes in Témiscaming?

35% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.

Which places in Témiscaming have the highest designation?

They are Témiscaming station and Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'Opémican.

What is the oldest building in Témiscaming?

By its record, Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'Opémican, from 1883 (Classified heritage site (Québec)).

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada). Québec register data: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, CC BY 4.0.

Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (MCC, Données Québec) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).