NEW LISKEARD

town, Timiskaming district, eastern Ontario, Canada, at the northern end of Lake Timiskaming (an expansion of the Ottawa River), near the Quebec border. Originally known as Thornloe, the town developed on land that the provincial government opened for settlement in 1822. Its present name was derived from Liskeard, Eng., the birthplace of the town's founder, John Armstrong. A market and distributing town for the surrounding farming, lumbering, and cobalt- and silver-mining region, New Liskeard also serves as a hunting and fishing resort. Industries include ironworks, dairies, canneries, and pulp and lumber mills. Pop. (1991) 5,431.