This river formed part of the water route from Lake Superior in the days of the fur trade. Moose Factory, located on an island near the river's mouth, was a fur trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company and Ontario's first English settlement. Moosonee, Ontario, on the north bank of the river, is the northern terminus of the Polar Bear Express railway route which begins at Cochrane, Ontario.
Moose River Bird Sanctuary, at the mouth of the river, was designated as a wetland of international importance (Ramsar Convention) in 1987.
The MooseRiver is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, which flows 100 km northeast from the junction of the Mattagami and Missinaibi Rivers into James Bay.
Moosonee, Ontario, on the north bank of the river, is the northern terminus of the Polar Bear Express railway route which begins at Cochrane, Ontario.
MooseRiver Bird Sanctuary, at the mouth of the river, was designated as a wetland of international importance (Ramsar Convention) in 1987.
The Missinaibi River is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, which flows northeast from Missinaibi Lake north of Chapleau, Ontario and empties into the MooseRiver, which empties into James Bay.
A number of trading posts were built along the river in the late 18th century and the fur trade continued until the late 19th century.
The river's name means "pictured waters" in the Cree language which is thought to refer to the pictographs found on rock faces along the river.
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