Replacing plaque installed 59 years ago which had focused solely on European settlement and the fur trade
The Ontario Heritage Trust, in partnership with the Moose River Heritage and Hospitality Association and the Moose Cree First Nation, unveiled new provincial plaques on Saturday commemorating the long history of what is today known as Moose Factory. Participating in the unveiling from left, was Moosonee Mayor Wayne Taipale, Ontario Heritage Trust board chair John Ecker, Moose Cree Coun. Katherine Faries-Quachegan, Bill Louttit, an Elder with Moose Cree First Nation, and Cecil Chabot, executive director of Moose River Heritage and Hospitality Association. Supplied jpg, TD, apsmc
MOOSE FACTORY — New Ontario heritage plaques were unveiled in Moose Factory on Saturday to replace the one installed in 1964 which had focused solely on the colonial perspective of European settlement and the fur trade.
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“This new plaque really centres the history of this place on the original inhabitants, its first peoples as well as the Europeans who came here 350 years ago to establish a fur trading post on Moose Factory island,” explained Wayne Kelly, director of Heritage Programs and Operations with the Ontario Heritage Trust.