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: A Catholic priest with a Cree boy and girl. Tags Summer, Children, Boy, Girl, European, Missionaries & Children, Moose, Factory

Description: Cree children watching a movie shown by the local priests. The local priests were popular for showing movies and providing a form of entertainment that was not available to most Cree families. Tags ...

Description: Cree men sitting along the banks of Moose Factory Island as they meet a government official. Sitting along the banks during the summer months, smoking, telling stories and playing checkers ...

Description: An early 18th or 19th century drawing of the HBC post at Moose Factory. Tags Spring Ice Break, Canoe, Modern Houses, Moose Factory

Description: The Cree gathering and dwelling place for trappers and their families located in Moose Factory. The dwellings are summer wigwams made of bent over willow trees lashed together with tree roots, ...

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

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: 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 row of vegetable plants and a building under construction. Both the Churches and Mission school at Moose Factory had a farm, large gardens and farm animals to feed the staff and students. Tags ...

Description: Buildings in York Factory a Hudson's Bay Post situated on the western shores of Hudson's Bay. Tags Summer, Modern Houses, Moose Factory

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: An aerial view, likely taken from a helicopter of downtown Moosonee - a town located near to Moose Factory. The Catholic Church can be in the center of the photo. Tags Spring Ice Break, ...

Description: A church or possibly a barn under construction to be used for keeping horses, cows and other farm animals inside. Tags Summer, Construction, Church, Moose Factory

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: A view from the Moose River of the St. Thomas Anglican Church on the left and Hudson's Bay Company store, staff house and warehouses on the right. Tags Summer, Church, Modern Houses, Moose ...