Moose River (Ontario)
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The Moose River is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, which flows 100 km northeast from the junction of the Mattagami and Missinaibi Rivers into James Bay.
This river formed part of the water route from Lake Superior in the days of the fur trade. Moose Factory, located on an island near the river's mouth, was a fur trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company and Ontario's first English settlement. Moosonee, Ontario, on the north bank of the river, is the northern terminus of the Polar Bear Express railway route which begins at Cochrane, Ontario.
Moose River Bird Sanctuary, at the mouth of the river, was designated as a wetland of international importance (Ramsar Convention) in 1987.
The tributaries of this river include:
- Abitibi River
- Cheepash River
- Frederick House River
- Kwataboahegan River
- Mattagami River
- Missinaibi River
- North French River