Three buoys houseboats vacation on the water in temagami ontario temagami (tem-awg-a-mee) is the ojibwa word meaning “deep water by the shore”, and our area is fifteen percent water.. Houseboats on lake temagami visualize cruising around in your tamar houseboat, fishing, sun bathing with the occasional dip in the water to refresh all day surrounded by lake temagami's rugged shoreline.. Spring, summer and fall houseboat rates for our forty foot sportcruisers, plus canoes, boats, and motors in temagami ontario..