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Moose Factory
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<p>Moose Factory is a community in the <a href="/facts/Cochrane_District/ANEAEBPv">Cochrane District</a>, <a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a>, Canada. It is located on <a href="/facts/Moose_Factory_Island/tMxVySJq">Moose Factory Island</a>, near the mouth of the <a href="/facts/Moose_River_(Ontario)/jm8mC9al">Moose River</a>, which is at the southern end of <a href="/facts/James_Bay/rSvksPnS">James Bay</a>. It was the first <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a>-speaking settlement in lands now making up Ontario and the second <a href="/facts/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company/XARD4Iky">Hudson's Bay Company</a> post to be set up in <a href="/facts/North_America/djNjCQIl">North America</a> after <a href="/facts/Waskaganish,_Quebec/r1bVTFw8">Fort Rupert</a>. On the mainland, across the Moose River, is the nearby community of <a href="/facts/Moosonee,_Ontario/VfbSAfeU">Moosonee</a>, which is accessible by <a href="/facts/Water_taxi/6kSANaRU">water taxi</a> in the summer, <a href="/facts/Ice_road/yRkphAle">ice road</a> in the winter, and chartered helicopter in the off-season (break-up or freeze-up). </p><p>A private company also offers freighter-canoe ferry service across the Moose River. As of 2020, the MV Niska 1 ferry was operating between <a href="/facts/Moosonee/VfbSAfeU">Moosonee</a> and Moose Factory, carrying passengers and vehicles. </p><p>The settlement is mainly inhabited by the <a href="/facts/Cree/Ajo0FpXe">Cree</a>, but the hospital that provides healthcare services to the people of the island and surrounding area (collectively known as the <a href="/facts/Weeneebayko_Area_Health_Authority/BhPTpNgS">Weeneebayko Area Health Authority</a>) employs a diverse group of people. </p><p>The term "<a href="/facts/Factory_(trading_post)/uv1rWc2w">Factory</a>" refers to the <a href="/facts/Jurisdiction/0Kb8hao4">jurisdiction</a> of a <a href="/facts/Factor_(agent)/AVL4pJBa">factor</a> (a business agent or merchant in charge of buying or selling) of the <a href="/facts/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company/XARD4Iky">Hudson's Bay Company</a>. </p>