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Moose Factory is an unincorporated island community in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. It is 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 Ontario. Across the Moose River is the nearby community of Moosonee. Image File history File links Moose Factory, Ontario circa 1868–1870 looking northeast and towards the sea. ...
Image File history File links Moose Factory, Ontario circa 1868–1870 looking northeast and towards the sea. ...
1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Cochrane District, Ontario is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...
The Moose River is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, which flows 100 km northeast from the junction of the Mattagami and Missinaibi Rivers into James Bay. ...
James Bay in summer 2000 James Bay (French, Baie James) is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. ...
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Moosonee, Ontario, Canada, is the railhead on James Bay of the Ontario Northland Railway where goods are transferred to barges and aircraft for transport to more northerly communities. ...
It was originally a fur-trading post, set up by Charles Bayly of the Hudson's Bay Company, and a fort was built there in the early 1670s. Many of the original Hudson's Bay Company workers came from the Orkney Islands. Moose Factory was the second post to be set up in North America after Fort Rupert. A trading post is a place where trading of goods takes place. ...
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It changed hands between the French and English several times, and the fort was destroyed around 1696. The Hudson's Bay Company set up a new post in 1730. The company continued to operate in Moose Factory until 1987, when the operations of the Hudson's Bay Company in Northern Canada, including Moose Factory, were sold to the North West Company. Today, the North West Company operates a grocery and general goods store at the Moose Cree Complex and a furniture, outdoor vehicles, fast food outlet and convenience store near some of the historic Hudson Bay buildings. Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified - by Athelstan 967 AD Area - Total 130,395 km² 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 estimate...
The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ...
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Today, the North West Company is a grocery vendor in remote communities across northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland. ...
The island is mainly inhabited by native Cree people. Moose Factory is the site of the Cree Village, an eco-tourist attraction as well as an interpretive centre that displays many aspects of Cree culture. The northern (down river) portion of the Island is a reserve of the Moose Cree First Nation and is governed by an elected Chief, Deputy Chief and Councillors. In 2005, Patricia Faries-Akiwenzie, a practicing lawyer from Moose Factory, became the first woman to be elected as Chief. For other uses, see Cree (disambiguation). ...
The rest of the island is privately owned land or owned by government bodies. The island is the site of a regional medical facility, the Weeneebayko General Hospital.
Moose Factory has three schools: Ministik Public School is a public elementary school operated by the Moose Factory Island District School Area Board, the Delores D. Echum Composite School is a senior elementary and secondary school operated by the Moose Cree Education Authority and the Christian Academy is a private school. Some post-secondary programs are provided by Northern College.
Notable residents
Moose Factory is the birthplace of San Jose Sharks player Jonathan Cheechoo. The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. ...
Jonathan Earl Cheechoo (born July 15, 1980 in Moose Factory, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. ...
See also Moosonee, Ontario, Canada, is the railhead on James Bay of the Ontario Northland Railway where goods are transferred to barges and aircraft for transport to more northerly communities. ...
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