Description: Moose Factory Catholic priest, Father Bilodeau and his motorbike. Tags Summer, Man, Motorcycle, Missionaries, Modern Houses, Moose Factory

Description: Father Bilodeau and Catholic sisters in Moose Factory. Likely arriving from Moosonee or preparing to cross from Moose Factory to Moosonee. Tags Summer, Woman, Groups of People, Man, Canoe, ...

Description: An early motorbike used by Father Bilodeau who was one of the Catholic Church priest stationed at Moose Factory in mid-1950s-70s. Tags Spring Ice Break, Man, European, Motorcycle, Moose ...

Description: Archdeacon Thomas Vincent, a mixed blood ordained Anglican minister standing on the far left. Others in the photo are HBC and Indian Affairs officials. Tags Groups of People, Man, European, ...

Description: Unidentified Cree couple sitting in front of traditional winter dwelling known as an Askiigan. The walls were made out birch or spruce logs and filled with moss to keep in the warmth. The ...

Description: A Catholic priest with a group of children. Most likely in either Moosonee or Moose Factory. Both communities had a Catholic Church. Tags Spring Ice Break, Groups of People, Man, Woman, ...

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: As there were no roads leading north from Moosonee to Fort Albany and the other northern communities. Tractor trains were used to haul fuel, building materials and other goods to Fort Albany, ...

Description: Evidence that farm animals and old style carts were used for transportation as well as for farm work. Tags Summer, Man, European, Carts, Moose Factory, Cow, Moose Factory

Description: The Hudson's Bay Company compound that comprised a main store and staff house that accommodated store personnel. The grounds usually were very well manicured and maintained. Tags Summer, ...

Description: In the early 1900s, horses, trucks, and motorcycles would have been mainly used by non-Cree people. Usually the missionaries, store managers or hospital personnel. Tags Fall, Man, Children, ...

Description: An important mode of transportation using huskies and sleighs in Moose Factory, ON that is largely forgotten. Tags Winter, Woman, Man, Children, Groups of People, Family, European, DogSleigh, ...

Description: In Moose Factory, the missionaries entertained Cree children with movie projectors and movies that were never seen before. It was very popular amongst the local Cree population. The missionaries ...

Description: In many communities, the relationship between church and people was strong. Many missionaries visited Elderly people in their homes to give communion and prayers. Likewise, many Elderly ...

Description: A summer scene near the hospital in Moose Factory. The building in the back was one of a number of residences for hospital personnel such as doctors and nurses who came from southern cities ...

Description: A Cree woman in traditional shawl leaves the teepee with a child during the winter. Tags Winter, Woman, Family, Boy, Shawls, Traditional, Teepees, Everyday Life, Moose Factory

Description: Three young Cree women. Possibly visiting a local teacher, priest, store manager or doctor in Moose Factory, ON. Tags Winter, Boy, Woman, Man, European, Moose Factory

Description: The Catholics as well as the Anglicans established churches in Moose Factory, ON. In this photo, a missionary is helping cut planks for building material. Missionaries and local men worked ...

Description: An example of life in Moose Factory most likely mid 1900s. The woman was probably gathering snow and going about her daily tasks of cooking and cleaning. Tags Winter, Woman, Man, Groups ...

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 ...