Bear Island (Lake Temagami)
# Bear Island (Lake Temagami)

Bear Island is an island in Lake Temagami of Northeastern Ontario, Canada. With an area of 4.66 $km^2$ (1.80 sq mi), it is the second largest island in Lake Temagami after Temagami Island. Much of Bear Island is in Joan Township, a geographic township that also includes the Joan Peninsula to the northwest.

Bear Island is home to the Temagami First Nation and is a portion of the Aboriginal community, the Teme-Augama Anishnabai (the deep water people). It is only a small portion of the Anishnabe's n'Daki Menan (homeland) which includes 10,000 $km^2$ (3,900 sq mi) of land in the area. Bear Island has had human habitation as early as 1000 BC.

## Geology

Bear Island lies at the eastern end of the Temagami Magnetic Anomaly, a buried geological structure that is egg shaped.

## Notable people

* Ignace Tonené, former chief.
* White Bear (Wabimakwa)
