Moose Factory Island is an island in the
Moose River, Ontario, Canada,
about from its mouth at
James Bay. It is adjacent to the community of
Moosonee
Moosonee () is a town in northern Ontario, Canada, on the Moose River approximately south of James Bay. It is considered to be "the Gateway to the Arctic" and has Ontario's only saltwater port. Nearby on Moose Factory Island is the community of ...
across the Moose River, from which it is accessible by
water taxi. The island is home to the community of
Moose Factory. This town is associated with the entire island, but politically, the island is divided into two entities:
[Wakenagun Community Futures Development Corporation ]
Moose Factory Community Profile
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Factory Island 1 Factory Island 1 is a Cree First Nations reserve on Moose Factory Island in northern Ontario. It is one of two reserves for the Moose Cree First Nation.
Land use
The northern two-thirds of the island comprises this reserve or land north of Museum S ...
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Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the ''Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty,
that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band."
Indi ...
that makes up the northern two-thirds of the island, belonging to the
Moose Cree First Nation (population: 1451).
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Unorganized North Cochrane District - Unincorporated southern third, home to the historic
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trade, fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake b ...
post and government services, governed by the provincial
Local Services Board and the federal Weeneebayko Health Ahtuskaywin that administers the hospital (population: 1007).
Moose Factory Island is part of the poorly drained, sparsely forested
Hudson Bay Lowlands. It is flat and made up of marine clay, underlain by
sedimentary rocks, mainly
limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms wh ...
,
dolomite and
shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especia ...
. Being situated close to James Bay, Moose Factory Island is affected by the Arctic tides which rise and fall twice daily, varying as much as from high to low tide.
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References
River islands of Ontario
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