Moose Factory

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Moose Factory is a remote Cree community and former Hudson’s Bay Company fur-trading post located on an island in the Moose River in northeastern Ontario, Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations community
community
settlement
unincorporated community
access boat access in ice-free season
no all-season road access
served by rail via Moosonee
winter road over ice and snow
category Cree communities in Canada
Hudson’s Bay Company trading posts
Populated places on James Bay
country Canada
economicActivity education
health services
public sector employment
tourism
establishedAsTradingPost 1673
formerFunction Hudson’s Bay Company fur-trading post
founderOrganization Hudson's Bay Company
surface form: Hudson’s Bay Company
governedBy Moose Cree First Nation band council
hasClimate subarctic climate
hasFacility Hudson’s Bay Company historical sites
Weeneebayko General Hospital
community centre
schools
hasReligiousInstitution Anglican church
Roman Catholic church
historicalSignificance centre of Cree–European fur trade relations
major Hudson’s Bay Company post on James Bay
indigenousPeople Cree
language Cree
English
locatedIn northeastern Ontario
surface form: Northeastern Ontario

Ontario
locatedInDrainageBasin Hudson Bay drainage basin
locatedNear James Bay
locatedOn Moose Factory Island
Moose River
nearestTown Moosonee
oneOfOldestEnglishSpeakingSettlementsIn Ontario
partOf Cochrane District
postalCodePrefix P0L
primaryFirstNation Moose Cree First Nation
province Ontario
region James Bay Lowlands
surface form: James Bay region
separatedFrom Moosonee by Moose River
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportHubFor James Bay coastal communities

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Northern Ontario contains Moose Factory
Moose Cree historicalSite Moose Factory
this entity surface form: Moose Factory trading post
governor of Fort Prince of Wales associatedWith Moose Factory
this entity surface form: Hudson Bay coastal forts