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 frontal view of the Catholic Church in Moosonee. Tags Summer, Church, Moosonee

Description: A group of Cree people posing with a southern politician visiting Moosonee in 1947. Tags Summer, Tikinagans, Groups of People, Children, European, Moosonee

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: A group of men beside the train pose for a photo at the Onakawana lignite site located along the route north to Moosonee. Lignite was a resource the Ontario government contemplated removing ...

Description: A Cree woman and non-Cree, perhaps sharing bannock with each other. Tags Summer, Farming, Woman, European, Moosonee

Description: Women gathered in a field in front of the local Church as two young female Cree girls eat bannock and drink tea in the foreground. Tags Summer, Woman, Tikinagans, Children, Groups of People, ...

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: In 1932, the Ontario Northland Railway completed its line to the last stop north ending at Moosonee. From this point, no other railways or roads existed north. This photo is a shot of 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 ...

Description: Southern government politicians making a visit to Moose Factory in the 1970s. Standing with them is Moose Factory Cree Andrew Faries, second from the right. Tags Summer, Man, European,  ...

Description: A float plane anchored by the shore to either take on or unload passengers or goods. Tags Summer, Man, Woman, European, Plane, Moosonee

Description: A pilot or missionary in front of a float plane. The introduction of float planes became an easier, faster method of traveling in the James Bay coastal communities during the 1950s. Tags ...

Description: Men and women constructing a summer teepee. First the poles are arranged in a circle with enough space for one family. After covering the teepee poles with tarp, spruce boughs will be collected ...

Description: The new airplane type known as the "748" replaced the vintage DC 3s in travelling to many remote communities. These planes could travel faster and carry more passengers comfortably. Tags ...

Description: A summer scene in Moosonee. Many Crees of the Moosonee and Moose Factory area owned freighter canoes to ferry southern tourists and community members between both communities. The summer ...

Description: Sailboats at wooden docks on the Moose River. Tags Summer, Sailboat, Canoe, Moosonee