Gilbert Faries recounts a typical midsummer's feast where there was racing, wrestling, and dancing. Distinguished managers would also attend

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

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: The Catholic Church and buildings forming the early beginnings of downtown Moosonee. TAGS Summer, Villages, Church, Moosonee

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: 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: 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 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 ...

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: An early 1900s scene of residential school children most likely from the Anglican mission school. Notice the church cross worn by the children. Tags Summer, Children, Groups of People, ...

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: Catholic Priests in Moosonee in 1948 pose for a photo with many Cree people and children. Tags Summer, Groups of People, Church, Missionaries & Children, Moosonee

Description: One of the first hospitals built in Moosonee in 1955. Tags Summer, Hospitals, Moosonee

Description: A rear view of the Catholic Church in Moosonee and Cree children walking in the foreground. Tags Summer, Groups of People, Church, Moosonee

Description: A group of people gathered on the shore. Cree people often celebrated and camped near the river banks during summertime to celebrate, feast and play games after arriving from their winter ...

Description: A mid-1900s school in Moosonee. Throughout the 1900s in Moosonee, the Catholic Church established a Catholic Public School. Today, in Moosonee, many Cree people attend Catholic Church services ...