title: Bear Island (Lake Temagami)
text: # 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)
  