Traditional Dwellings by James Blackned

Traditional fishing by Emile Sutherland

Traveling by Canoe by James Blackned

Traveling by Dog Team by James Blackned

Working on a barge by John Kataquapit

James Bay is salty because, when the wolverine wanted to attend Weesahkwechahk's feast, a skunk repelled him with its spray and the wolverine had to wash it off in the bay

Description: An early view of the HBC grounds and buildings of the Moose Factory Post (ca late 1800s - early 1900s). Towards the far background is the mouth of James Bay. Tags Winter, Villages, Moose ...

Description: A small schooner used in James Bay to travel the coasts delivering supplies and ferrying passengers. Tags Fall, Groups of People, Sailboat, Moosonee

Description: A popular form of winter transportation in the James Bay region from 1950s to 1970s. The Churches, the hospital, Indian Affairs and the RCMP all used these snowmobiles to transport people, ...

Description: Hudson's Bay Company blacksmith shop in Moose Factory, ON. Moose Factory was at one time in the fur trade the most important post on James Bay. Tags Winter, Blacksmith, Old Style Houses, ...

Description: The church missionaries baptized and confirmed many Cree people in Moose Factory, ON. Christianity played an important role in everyone's life in James Bay. Tags Boy, Girl, Missionaries ...

Description: Various small sailboats and boats at the dock in Moosonee in 1955. These vessels served the James Bay coastal communities and were a valuable link to goods, services and communications with ...

Description: Cree Elders, men, women and children with a priest pose for a photo. By the 1940s, the Catholic Church and religion was much incorporated into Cree life and followed by many western James ...

Description: A view from behind the Catholic Church in Moosonee in the 1960s. The three story building was a residence and offices for the Catholic priest and bishops during their work in Moosonee and ...

Description: A view of the hospital in Moosonee in 1966. Moose Factory also had a large hospital during this time and both hospitals were built to address the tuberculosis epidemic of the mid-1900s.  ...

Description: Spring thaw and the river ice break up in Moosonee and Moose Factory on the Moose River was very precarious as ice jams at the mouth to James Bay caused water and ice pieces to back up and ...

Description: Amphibian type aircraft known as "Canso" were much in use in the 1960s in James Bay. These aircraft transported goods and passengers to many communities in James Bay. Tags Summer, Plane, ...

Description: A snowmobile with a large, hauling sled that was most likely delivering goods from Moosonee to the coastal communities in James Bay. Trips sometimes may take a day or more depending on the ...

Description: A ship anchored off the shore at Moosonee. Vessels of these types were an essential mode of delivery supplies, building materials and other goods to the coastal communities in James Bay. Tags ...

... Church missions. Cree men were an important source of labour, reliability and knowledge when traveling the James Bay and its tributaries. Tags Summer, Man, European, Sailboat, Canoe, Missionaries, M ...