Conseil de la culture de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Cultural Heritage and Tourism Discovery Guide, In 1720, a new Fort Témiscamingue was founded by French merchants Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada on the east side of The Narrows where the two shores of Lake Timiskaming come closer than 250 meters to each other, a former Algonquin encampment site called "Obadjiwan Point" (meaning "the strait where the current flows").