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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. Its drainage basin is 108500 km² and it has a mean discharge rate of 1370 m³/s.^[1]
This river formed part of the water route to 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.

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Tributaries

Moose River Bird Sanctuary

See also

References

Tributaries

The major tributaries of this river include:

★ Abitibi River

★ Cheepash River

★ Frederick House River

★ Kwataboahegan River

★ Mattagami River

★ Missinaibi River

★ North French River

Moose River Bird Sanctuary

Moose River Bird Sanctuary lies at the mouth of the Moose River and comprises Ship Sands Island and a piece of land on the eastern flats of the river mouth. The 14.60 km² sanctuary is protected under the Migratory Birds Convention Act and is part of the Southern James Bay wetland complex, which was designated a wetland of international importance (Ramsar Convention) in May 1987.
This area plays a significant role in the annual cycle of waterfowl. The funnel-shaped outline of Hudson and James bays causes birds migrating from the Arctic to concentrate at the southern end of James Bay each autumn, particularly in the late autumn, where the extensive coastal wetlands provide critical staging and moulting areas for migrating Lesser Snow Geese, dabbling ducks and shorebirds such as Red Knot, Short-billed Dowitcher, Dunlin, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, and American Golden Plover.^[2]

See also

★ List of Ontario rivers

References

1. Atlas of Canada
2. Ramsar Site Fact Sheet