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Moosonee (/ ˌ m uː s ə ˈ n iː /) is a town in northern Ontario, Canada, on the Moose River approximately 19 km (12 mi) south of James Bay.It is considered to be "the Gateway to the Arctic" and has Ontario's only saltwater port. [4]
Male Western moose stand anywhere from 1.9 to 2.0 metres (6.2 to 6.6 ft) at the shoulder. Their antlers span 1.5 to 1.7 metres (4.9 to 5.6 ft) and they weigh anywhere from 380–720 kilograms (840–1,590 lb). Female Western moose stand at 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) on average, and weigh anywhere from 270 to 360 kilograms (600 to 790 lb).
The provinces and territories are sometimes grouped into regions, listed here from west to east by province, followed by the three territories.Seats in the Senate are equally divided among four regions: the West, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes, with special status for Newfoundland and Labrador as well as for the three territories of Northern Canada ('the North').
Moose Factory is a community in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Moose Factory Island , near the mouth of the Moose River , which is at the southern end of James Bay . It was the first English -speaking settlement in lands now making up Ontario [ 3 ] and the second Hudson's Bay Company post to be set up in North America ...
Northern Ontario is a primary geographic and quasi-administrative region of the Canadian province of Ontario, the other primary region being Southern Ontario.Most of the core geographic region is located on part of the Superior Geological Province of the Canadian Shield, a vast rocky plateau located mainly north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River, Lake Nipissing, and the ...
The Township of Georgian Bay is an area municipality of the District Municipality of Muskoka, in south-central Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Severn River, where it empties into the eponymous Georgian Bay. The municipal offices are at Port Severn. This township is the administrative centre of the Moose Deer Point Ojibway First Nation ...
Ontario [11] Common loon – – White trillium: Eastern white pine: Amethyst: Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet (loyal she began thus she remains) Prince Edward Island [12] Blue jay: Red fox [13] – Lady's slipper: Red oak – Parva sub ingenti (the small under the protection of the great) Provincial soil: Charlottetown; anthem: "The Island ...
The Mattagami River is a river in Northern Ontario, Canada.. The Mattagami flows 443 kilometres (275 mi) from its source at Mattagami Lake in geographic Gouin Township [1] in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District, on the Canadian Shield southwest of Timmins, [2] to Portage Island in geographic Gardiner Township [3] in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District, in the Hudson Bay ...