Description: A group of men beside the train pose for a photo at the Onakawana lignite site located along the route north to Moosonee. Lignite was a resource the Ontario government contemplated removing ...

Description: In 1932, the Ontario Northland Railway completed its line to the last stop north ending at Moosonee. From this point, no other railways or roads existed north. This photo is a shot of the ...

Description: A railway car being pulled by sled dogs in the summer. Most likely used for travel between Cochrane and Moosonee. Tags Summer, Man, Groups of People, European, Railway Sled Dogs, Mooson ...

... treaty is the old and well-established rule that a way must be smoothed for exploration, location of railway lines and construction, by extinction of the Indian title” (Long 1978: 9). As well, Duncan ...