TIMELINES AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS
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10,000 years ago: Swamp Cree ancestral home 1668: Contact with Europeans: Waskaganish built (Charles Fort established by Radisson and des Groseilliers later named Rupert House) ?? Abitibi River became major fur route 1673: Moose Fort built on Moose Factory Island by Hudson's Bay Company 1860: St. Thomas Anglican Church built. Impact? 1903: Révillon Freres Trading Company established Moosonee to compete with HBC. 1920: First aircraft landed in Moosonee 1932: Temiskaming Northern Ontario Railroad (now Ontario Northland) reached Moosonee ? Gardiner Logging Operations? black spruce. Impact? ? Island Falls Power Dam built. Impact? ? Otter Rapids Dam built. Impact? 1964: Polar Bear Express first run |
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| The Hudson's Bay Company has had a presence at Moose Factory since.... This staff building is on Front Road near the Anglican Church.
Alison pointed out the irony in the juxtapositioning of the children's bright colourful playground equipment with the two antique cannons in a well-kept backyard next door to the HBC building. |
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| St. Thomas Anglican Church |