Description: An animal hide either moose or caribou stretched out on a frame made from pine, balsam or spruce trees. Hides were used for clothing such as moccasins, mitts and fur hats. Tags Summer, Skinning, ...

Description: The Beaver float plane was very popular and reliable in flying into remote communities to deliver mail, goods and passengers. Tags Summer, Plane, Moosonee

Description: Carved, wooden spoons used for eating and mixing. Larger types used for removing slush from ice fishing holes in the winter time. Tags Wooden spoons, Eating utensils, Moosonee

Description: Geese decoys usually made from mud, wood or sticks to imitate a group of wavies or geese feeding on shores. Hunting blinds where hunters sit to await the arrival of wavies or geese can be ...

Description: Two examples of the type of vessels used between Moosonee, Moose Factory, Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat. Here a barge and schooner lay side by side. Tags Summer, Ship, Sailb ...

Description: A Cree man straddles the side of a schooner or sailboat with a float plane at the Austin Airways dock in Moosonee. Not much is known to what extent Cree men became "sailors" and learned the ...

Description: A sailboat or schooner being pulled ashore by a tractor in Moosonee. Moosonee was the main depot for goods, material and other items arriving by train to be transferred to sailboat, schooner ...

Description: A sailboat being pulled out of the water either for repairs or for the impending winter freeze up of the Moose River at Moosonee. Tags Fall, Generic, Man, European, Tractor, Sailboat

Description: A sailboat during winter being hauled over the ice by a tractor as a snowmobiler looks on. Sailboats, schooners and tugboats were often stored at Moosonee on land for the winter months. Tags ...

Description: An engine powered schooner with passengers either arriving from the open waters of James Bay or making its way out to the mouth of the Bay. Tags Summer, Groups of People, Sailboat, Mooso

Description: A side view of a Catholic Church in one of the James Bay communities, possibly Moosonee. Various buildings in foreground could be the mission school or hospital run by the Catholic Church. Tags ...

Description: A winter tractor train stopped on the river ice. The tractor trains moved goods, trailers and other items between Moosonee and Moose Factory. These tractor trains also traveled days through ...

Description: The living quarters of a tractor train that traveled sometimes for days or a week in order to deliver goods from Moosonee to Fort Albany. A propane tank is strapped to the outside and used ...

... - Winter view of downtown Moosonee - Path of the Elders   Are you from the James Bay area? Do you recognize any of your ancestors? Let us know what your favourite photos are! Collette Jackson, ...

... Communication: Treaty No. 9 Language. Moose Factory: Home residence.   Visual Sources: Maps, Websites, Archival Material Map of Canada (showing Moosonee and Moose Factory) http://gregq.tripod.com/MAP.GIF ...