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Moose Factory is a community in the Cochrane District, Ontario, ... History portal; William Bevan (sloopmaster) – chief factor and commander of Moose Fort in 1732.
Typical residential street in Factory Island 1 Indian Reserve, Moose Factory. The Moose Cree First Nation (formerly known as Moose Factory Band of Indians) (Cree: ᒨᓱᓂᔨ ᐃᓕᓕᐗᒃ, môsoniyi ililiwak) is a Cree First Nation band government in northern Ontario, Canada. Their traditional territory is on the west side of James Bay.
Moose Factory Island is an island in the Moose River, Ontario, Canada, [1] about 16 km (9.9 mi) from its mouth at James Bay.It is adjacent to the community of Moosonee across the Moose River, from which it is accessible by water taxi in the summer, a 2-minute helicopter ride in the spring and fall during break and freeze up season and by either snowmobile taxi or by driving over the river by ...
Moose Factory 68 is a First Nations reserve on the Moose River in Cochrane District, Ontario. It is one of two reserves of the Moose Cree First Nation . References
Bishop Horden Memorial School in Moose Factory Island, Ontario. Front exterior of dormitory, shot from the southeast, May 24, 1956. Bishop Horden Hall, also known as Bishop Horden Memorial School, Moose Factory Residential School, and Horden Hall, was a residential school that operated from 1906 until 1976 on Moose Factory Island, at the southern end of James Bay, at the bottom of Hudson Bay ...
Construction began in 1864 but was not completed until 1885. St. Thomas' origins date to the late 1840s when officials of the Hudson's Bay Company requested the bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land to send someone to continue the missionary work of the Rev. George Barnley, a Wesleyan minister who had been in Moose Factory from 1840 to 1848.
Factory Island 1 is a Cree First Nations reserve on Moose Factory Island in northern Ontario. It is one of two reserves for the Moose Cree First Nation . Land use
A private company offers freighter-canoe ferry across the Moose River to Moose Factory where Centennial Park exhibits 19th-century buildings from the fur-trading era. [39] Notable attractions in Moosonee include: Railway Car Museum – displaying the cultural history of the area in an old Baggage Car of the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway.