Editing Lake Timiskaming (section)

==Timiskaming Graben==
Lake Timiskaming is located within the ancient major [[rift valley]] [[Timiskaming Graben]]. It is the northern extension of the [[Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben]], which is part of the [[Saint Lawrence rift system]]. 

There have been recent [[earthquake]]s along the rift valley, the most recent being in 2000. There are numerous [[fault (geology)|faults]] in the area and has produced [[cliff]]s such as [[Devil's Rock]], just {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Haileybury, Ontario|Haileybury]] and is dated to be 2.2 billion years old. There are known [[kimberlite pipe]]s within the rift valley that are considered to be [[diamond]]iferous.<ref>{{Cite journal|last = Sader|first = Jamil Andrei|date = 2004-01-01|title = Low temperature serpentinization processes and kimberlite groundwater signatures in the Kirkland Lake and Lake Timiskiming kimberlite fields Ontario, Canada|language = English|location = United States -- Texas|publisher = The University of Texas at Dallas|id = {{ProQuest|305096435}}}}</ref>