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Moosonee, Ontario - Definition and Overview |
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Moosonee, Ontario, Canada, is the railhead on James Bay of the Ontario Northland Railway where goods are transferred to barges and aircraft for transport to more northerly communities. Moosonee is not particularly far north (51°N) but is isolated due to its lack of road communication to the rest of Ontario. The community was the site of a fur trading post set up in 1903 by Revillon Freres, competitors to the Hudson Bay Company which later bought out Revillon. Moosonee was formerly Ontario's only "Development Area" but became incorporated as a Town in 2000 with a population of about 3000 people (by municipal government estimate, the Statistics Canada 2001 census figures for Moosonee are inaccurate due to incomplete enumeration, a common problem with remote communities). More than 80% of the population is native Cree. Total private dwellings were shown as 297 but this has been revised to 659 and the population was revised from 936 to 1916. Population density per square kilometre is 1.8 in the 2001 census figure. Land area shown is 533.82 square kilometres.
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HTSC_Moosonee: 11 Dec 2009 Noon flights are on schedule, departing Moosonee at 12:45pm. |
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HTSC_Moosonee: 10 Dec 2009 **UPDATE** Afternoon flights for Moose Factory students have been RESCHEDULED due to weather, departing Moosonee at 3pm. |
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HTSC_Moosonee: 10 Dec 2009 Noon flights are on schedule, departing Moosonee at 12:45pm. |
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