Albany River

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river

The Albany River is a major river in northern Ontario, Canada, that flows eastward into James Bay and has long served as an important route and resource for Indigenous communities and the fur trade.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Albany River basin	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
basinCountry	Canada ⓘ
basinProvince	Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
drainageBasin	James Bay drainage basin ⓘ
ecosystem	boreal forest ecosystem ⓘ
flowsDirection	east ⓘ
flowsInto	James Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsThrough	Northern Ontario boreal forest ⓘ
hasFishSpecies	lake sturgeon ⓘ northern pike NERFINISHED ⓘ walleye ⓘ
hasSettlementOnBanks	Fort Albany First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Kashechewan First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Marten Falls First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTributary	Ekwan River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapiskau River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenogami River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mammamattawa River NERFINISHED ⓘ Marten-Driftwood River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogoki River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWildlife	black bear ⓘ migratory birds ⓘ moose ⓘ
historicallyUsedBy	Cree communities ⓘ Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous peoples ⓘ North West Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe communities ⓘ
historicalRole	link between interior of Ontario and James Bay ⓘ major fur trade transportation corridor ⓘ
length	about 610 miles ⓘ about 982 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Ontario ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
mouthCountry	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthLocation	James Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthProvince	Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Hudson Bay drainage basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	James Bay lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceCountry	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceLocation	Northwestern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	fur trade route ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ recreation ⓘ subsistence fishing ⓘ transportation route ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kashechewan First Nation → locatedNear → Albany River ⓘ

Kashechewan First Nation → waterSource → Albany River ⓘ

Fort Albany First Nation → locatedOn → Albany River ⓘ

Fort Albany First Nation → isAlongWaterBody → Albany River ⓘ

Hudson Bay drainage basin → hasPart → Albany River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albany River basin