Introducing Moose Factory & Moosonee
Moosonee and Moose Factory sit near the tundra line, and are as far north as most people ever get in eastern Canada. Expeditions further north will undoubtedly involve floatplanes, canoes, snowmobiles, dogsleds or snowshoes. The railway reached Moosonee in 1932, about 30 years after it was established by Révillon Frères (known today as Revlon) as a trading post. A quick boat trip links Moosonee to the island of Moose Factory, which is not an industrial site that churns out large hairy beasts, but a small Cree settlement and the historic site of the Hudson’s Bay Company trading hub founded in 1672.
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While you ponder a lengthy journey to this ultra-remote locale, consider the following: when fur trading peaked 300 years ago, the main access to Ontario’s interior was from the north via the Hudson and James Bays.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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