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70-871: Revillon Frères (Revillon Brothers) was a French fur and luxury goods company, founded in Paris in 1723. Then called la Maison Givelet , it was purchased by Louis-Victor Revillon in 1839 and soon, as Revillon Frères, became the largest fur company in France. Branches were opened in London in 1869 and in New York in 1878. At the end of the 19th century, Revillon had stores in Paris , London , New York City , and Montreal . Through its fur buying bureau in Leipzig , Germany (1876), and an agency in Moscow (1905),

140-464: A "satellite Trades Centre" was being operated in the community by Northern College "linked to the ... Timmins Campus"; courses included technology, trades and apprenticeship programs. Moosonee has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ) with subarctic influences, which gives the town warm summers and cold winters, sometimes severe. James Bay acts as a thermal reservoir to moderate spring and fall temperatures. Freeze-up on

210-587: A French Language Instructional Unit for children who are entitled to be educated in French. There is a public high school, Northern Lights Secondary School , that provides grades nine through twelve. Northern College 's Moosonee campus provides some post-secondary programs. Health services are provided through the Moosonee Health Clinic of the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (merger of

280-508: A certain income level. Examples would include smoked salmon , caviar , and most other delicacies . On the other hand, superior goods may have a wide quality distribution, such as wine and holidays . However, though the number of such goods consumed may stay constant even with rising wealth, the level of spending will go up to secure a better experience. A higher income inequality leads to higher consumption of luxury goods because of status anxiety. Several manufactured products attain

350-464: A high level of client service, human touch, and brand consistency. Since the early 2010s, many luxury brands have invested in their own boutiques rather than wholesalers like department stores. Three of the world’s biggest luxury conglomerates— LVMH, Kering, and Richemont — significantly increased the share of annual sales captured from their directly operated stores and e-commerce over the past decade. Luxury brands use distinct boutique types to tailor

420-419: A high price. The scarcity of the good can be natural or artificial; however, the general population (i.e., consumers ) must recognize the good as distinguishably better . Possession of such a good usually signifies " superiority " in resources and is usually accompanied by prestige. A Veblen good is a superior good with a prestige value so high that a price decline might lower demand. Veblen's contribution

490-402: A history of tradition, superior quality, and a pampered buying experience. Luxury goods have been transformed by a shift from custom-made ( bespoke ) works with exclusive distribution practices by specialized, quality-minded family-run and small businesses to a mass production of specialty branded goods by profit-focused large corporations and marketers. The trend in modern luxury is simply

560-519: A locally elected board subject to formal appointment by the Ontario provincial government. It became incorporated as a town effective January 1, 2001, with an elected mayor and four-person council. In 1900, Annie Hardisty and her two daughters were the first settlers on the site. Significant development began on June 6, 1903, four canoes and a crew of 21 persons of the Revillon Frères company arrived on

630-629: A luxury good to such an extent that sales can go up, rather than down. However, Veblen goods are not synonymous with luxury goods. Although the technical term luxury good is independent of the goods' quality, they are generally considered to be goods at the highest end of the market in terms of quality and price. Many markets have a luxury segment including, for example, luxury versions of automobiles , yachts , wine , bottled water , coffee , tea , foods , watches , clothes , jewelry , cosmetics and high fidelity sound equipment. Luxuries may be services. Hiring full-time or live-in domestic servants

700-738: A population of 1,512 living in 487 of its 629 total private dwellings, a change of 2.1% from its 2016 population of 1,481 . With a land area of 547.83 km (211.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.8/km (7.1/sq mi) in 2021. In 2021, 86.0 per cent of residents spoke English as their mother tongue, 8.5 per cent Indigenous (mainly Cree), 1.0 per cent French, and 4.4 per cent other languages. The population are mainly First Nations (66.8 per cent), 32.5 per cent non-indigenous and 1 per cent Métis . Moosonee has two elementary schools, Moosonee Public School and Bishop Belleau Separate School (Roman Catholic) that offer kindergarten through grade eight. Bishop Belleau School also provides

770-399: A product or service that is marketed, packaged, and sold by global corporations that are focused "on growth, visibility, brand awareness, advertising, and, above all, profits." Increasingly, luxury logos are now available to all consumers at a premium price across the world, including online. Global consumer companies, such as Procter & Gamble , are also attracted to the industry due to

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840-519: A special and memorable "luxury feel" for customers. Examples include LVMH , the largest luxury goods producer in the world with over fifty brands (including Louis Vuitton ) and sales of €42.6 billion in 2017, Kering , which made €15.9 billion in revenue for a net income of €2.3 billion in 2019, and Richemont . The luxury brand concept is now so popular that it is used in almost every retail, manufacturing, and service sector. New marketing concepts such as "mass-luxury" or "hyper luxury" further blur

910-514: A wholesale warehouse in Edmonton , Alberta and by 1903 had 23 stores across Canada. Owned by Victor Revillon, Revillon Frères eventually set up a network of fur-trading posts in northern Canada in direct competition with the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) composed of an eastern division and a western division. The western division included posts mostly in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. In 1911

980-429: Is 148.9 km (92.5 mi) south of Moosonee. During the early months of 2008, a winter road was open between Moosonee and the provincial road system at Otter Rapids. This road was built to support the twinning of the electric transmission lines that run from Otter Rapids to Moosonee. Local residents report it taking five or six hours to get to Timmins from Moosonee via Otter Rapids and Smooth Rock Falls . This road

1050-452: Is a luxury reflecting income disparities. Some financial services, especially in some brokerage houses, can be considered luxury services by default because persons in lower-income brackets generally do not use them. Luxury goods often have special luxury packaging to differentiate the products from mainstream competitors. Originally, luxury goods were available only to the very wealthy and "aristocratic world of old money" that offered them

1120-553: Is a town in northern Ontario , Canada, on the Moose River approximately 19 km (12 mi) south of James Bay . It is considered to be "the Gateway to the Arctic" and has Ontario 's only saltwater port. Nearby on Moose Factory Island is the community of Moose Factory to which it is connected by water taxi in the summer and ice road in the winter. There is no road connection to

1190-528: Is available on this train. There are also two freight trains per week. During the summer and early fall shipping season, goods can be transported from Moosonee by barge. In January 2007, responsibility for the Port of Moosonee was transferred from the federal government to the Town of Moosonee. The Polar Bear Express Passenger Train transports cars, canoes, ATVs, and snowmobiles as long as they are booked in advance notice. It

1260-414: Is colder due to its proximity to Hudson Bay , and isolated due to its lack of road access to the rest of Ontario. The community was the site of a fur trading post set up in 1903 by Revillon Frères , competitors to the Hudson's Bay Company which later bought out Révillon. Moosonee formerly held the status of a development area, the only community in the province with that designation; it was governed by

1330-547: Is credited as one of the first of its kind. In the United States, the development of luxury-oriented department stores not only changed the retail industry, but also ushered the idea of freedom through consumerism , and a new opportunity for middle- and upper-class women. Fashion brands within the luxury goods market tend to be concentrated in exclusive or affluent districts of cities worldwide. These include: Moosonee Moosonee ( / ˌ m uː s ə ˈ n iː / )

1400-464: Is demonstrated by the significance of the Veblen effect, which refers to the phenomenon of people purchasing costly items even when more affordable options that provide similar levels of satisfaction are available. The income elasticity of a superior good is above one by definition because it raises the expenditure share as income rises. A superior good may also be a luxury good that is not purchased below

1470-408: Is especially used for medieval manuscripts to distinguish between practical working books for normal use, and fully illuminated manuscripts , that were often bound in treasure bindings with metalwork and jewels. These are often much larger, with less text on each page and many illustrations, and if liturgical texts were originally usually kept on the altar or sacristy rather any library that

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1540-430: Is located on First Street. Moose River Post became the most important location for Revillon Frères and was quickly expanded with a staff house, carpenter's shop, warehouse, and sawmill. The buildings were spaced far apart as a preventive measure to minimize the spread of fire. By 1912, it was reported that "the whole line of good substantial buildings, built principally for their French Canadian employees, stretches along

1610-497: Is much less used for objects from the fine arts , with no function beyond being an artwork: paintings, drawings, and sculpture , even though the disparity in cost between an expensive and cheap work may have been as large. Luxury goods have high income elasticity of demand : as people become wealthier, they will buy proportionately more luxury goods. This also means that should there be a decline in income, its demand will drop more than proportionately. The income elasticity of demand

1680-404: Is not constant with respect to income and may change signs at different income levels. That is to say, a luxury good may become a necessity good or even an inferior good at different income levels. Some luxury products have been claimed to be examples of Veblen goods , with a positive price elasticity of demand : for example, making a perfume more expensive can increase its perceived value as

1750-415: Is not necessarily a product or a price point, but a mindset where core values that are expressed by a brand are directly connected to the producer's dedication and alignment to perceptions of quality with its customers' values and aspirations. Thus, it is these target customers, not the product, that make a luxury brand. Brands considered luxury connect with their customers by communicating that they are at

1820-523: Is one of only two motorail services in North America. The town is also accessible via the Moosonee Airport , served with scheduled flights by Air Creebec , and Thunder Airlines , and cargo service through North Star Air . In the summer months floatplanes can land at Moosonee Water Aerodrome Moosonee is inaccessible by road. The nearest road outside of Moosonee ends at Otter Rapids which

1890-796: The Inuit villages in Nunavik , in northern Quebec , Canada, are located on sites originally occupied by Revillon Frères trading posts. It was incorporated in Canada in 1912 as the Revillon Frères Trading Company Ltd. . In 1926 the Hudson's Bay Company bought 54% of the fur trade company and by 1936 the company was fully owned by the HBC. In 1938 the name was changed to Rupert's Land Trading Company . Revillon Frères financed Robert Flaherty's 1922 film Nanook of

1960-549: The Latin verb luxor meaning to overextend or strain. From this, the noun luxuria and verb luxurio developed, "indicating immoderate growth, swelling, ... in persons and animals, willful or unruly behavior, disregard for moral restraints, and licensciousness", and the term has had negative connotations for most of its long history. One definition in the OED is a "thing desirable but not necessary". A luxury good can be identified by comparing

2030-546: The microeconomics discipline use the term superior good as an alternative to an inferior good , thus making "superior goods" and "normal goods" synonymous. Where this is done, a product making up an increasing share of spending under income increases is often called an ultra-superior good . Though often verging on the meaningless in modern marketing, "luxury" remains a legitimate and current technical term in art history for objects that are especially highly decorated to very high standards and use expensive materials. The term

2100-428: The "aspiring class" in this context. Because luxury has diffused into the masses, defining the word has become more difficult. Whereas luxury often refers to certain types of products, luxury is not restricted to physical goods; services can also be luxury. Likewise, from the consumer perspective, luxury is an experience defined as "hedonic escapism". "Superior goods" is the gradable antonym of " inferior good ". If

2170-558: The 2012 closure of the local CBC Television and TVOntario repeaters. Ontera , formerly Ontario Northland Telecommunications, but now owned by Bell, provides telecommunications service in Moosonee ( NPA-NXX 705-336). Tourism agencies recommend the Polar Bear Express as a "great rail excursion" in summer, between Cochrane and Moosonee, to view the "hydroelectric dams, isolated homes and perhaps even some wildlife." No meal service

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2240-466: The Hudson's Bay Company and the Moosonee post closed. The HBC also exited the fur trade and opened a retail store in Moosonee (now Northern Store, part of The North West Company ). With the end of the fur trade business, Moosonee's economy became centred on transportation. In 1962, Moosonee became the site of RCAF Station Moosonee that was part of NORAD 's Pinetree Line chain of radar stations. It closed in 1975 and some of its buildings were used by

2310-501: The Moose River normally occurs between late November and mid-December, with mean daily minimum January temperatures approximately −25 °C (−13 °F). Spring break-up, or spring thaw, usually occurs in April. Mean annual precipitation is 703.6 mm (27.70 in), and mean annual snowfall is 226.8 cm (89.3 in). Precipitation is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of

2380-698: The North , filmed near one of their trading posts at Inukjuak, Quebec on northeastern Hudson Bay , said to be Canada's first documentary. Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy , the grandson of count Leo Tolstoy , stayed at the Revillon Frères Post of Windy Lake on Nueltin Lake in the winter of 1928-1929. He was in a group attempting to get film footage of the migrating caribou for the William Douglas Burden and William C. Chanler's production, The Silent Enemy , one of

2450-471: The Town after the closure, including the base swimming pool and recreation centre. In 1968, the town was classified as a development area board. In November 2000, it was incorporated as the Town of Moosonee. The town is governed by a mayor and four councillors. As of 2023, the mayor is Wayne Taipale and the councillors are Theresa Chavez, Sheldon Ross, Diane Ryder, and Carman Tozer In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada , Moosonee had

2520-409: The average luxury brand is 5-15% of sales revenue , or about 25% with the inclusion of other communications such as public relations , events, and sponsorships. A rather small group in comparison, the wealthy tend to be extremely influential. Once a brand gets an "endorsement" from members of this group, then the brand can be defined as a true "luxury" brand. An example of different product lines in

2590-481: The banks of the Moose River near the much older Moose Factory to establish the Moose River Post . This Parisian furrier had ambitious plans to set up a chain of fur trading posts in direct competition with the Hudson's Bay Company , including five on James Bay . But it suffered a setback when their supply ship that carried all the provisions shipwrecked near Fort George (Chisasibi). The Revillon Frères Museum

2660-405: The church or monastery who owned them may have had. Secular luxury manuscripts were commissioned by the very wealthy and differed in the same ways from cheaper books. "Luxury" and "luxury arts" may be used for other applied arts where both utilitarian and luxury versions of the same types of objects were made. This might cover metalwork, ceramics, glass, arms and armor, and various objects. It

2730-429: The clothing and accessories section grew 11.6 percent between 1996 and 2000, to $ 32.8 billion. The largest ten markets for luxury goods account for 83 percent of overall sales and include Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom, and United States. In 2012, China surpassed Japan as the world's largest luxury market. China's luxury consumption accounts for over 25% of

2800-411: The coastal road to the provincial highway system at Fraserdale , Kapuskasing or Hearst . Moosonee has a local radio station, CHMO 1450 AM, that is generally operated by volunteers, plus a rebroadcasting facility for CBC Radio One Northern Ontario from CBCS-FM Sudbury on 1340 AM. Most homes subscribe to either Creecable cable TV or a satellite TV service to receive their programming, following

2870-468: The community but flights are provided by Air Creebec and by Thunder Airlines , via Moosonee Airport . Moosonee is also the railhead of the Ontario Northland Railway where goods are transferred to barges and aircraft for transport to more northerly communities. Moosonee is not particularly far north, being located at 51°N—which is roughly the same latitude as Saskatoon and Calgary —but

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2940-775: The company bought most of its furs from the markets of Moscow, Leipzig and at the annual fairs in Nizhny Novgorod (Gorki) at the Makaryev Fair and in Irbit at the Irbit Fair . From 1908-1909 Revillon Frères opened fur trading posts in Siberia , Mongolia and Turkestan . By 1912 Revillon Frères had 125 fur trading posts in America and Siberia. In the 1960s, Revillon acquired Grauer Furs, New York's preeminent fur manufacturing company. Grauer Furs

3010-522: The company had 13 posts north and west of Athabasca Landing . Having acquired a depot in Prince Albert in 1904 they had an additional 10 posts from The Pas to Brochet and Nueltin Lake at the edge of the tundra . The eastern division was in the region of James Bay and Ungava Bay in the north of Quebec which was served by their own fleet of ships. By 1909, Revillon had forty-eight stores in its Eastern Arctic division while HBC had fifty-two. Many of

3080-446: The customers' feeling that they have something special; and (3) endorsement by celebrities, which can make a brand or particular products more appealing for consumers and thus more "luxurious" in their minds. Two additional elements of luxury brands include special packaging and personalization. These differentiating elements distance the brands from the mass market and thus provide them with a unique feeling and user experience as well as

3150-440: The definition of what is a luxury product, a luxury brand, or a luxury company. Lately, luxury brands have extended their reach to young consumers through unconventional luxury brand collaborations in which luxury brands partner with non-luxury brands seemingly at the opposite spectrum of design, image, and value. For example, luxury fashion houses partner with streetwear brands and video games. The sale of luxury goods requires

3220-402: The demand for the good at one point in time against the demand for the good at a different time, at a different income level. When personal income increases, demand for luxury goods increases even more than income does. Conversely, when personal income decreases, demand for luxury goods drops even more than income does. For example, if income rises 1%, and the demand for a product rises 2%, then

3290-430: The difficulty of making a profit in the mass consumer goods market. The customer base for various luxury goods continue to be more culturally diversified, and this presents more unseen challenges and new opportunities to companies in this industry. There are several trends in luxury: The luxury goods market has been on an upward climb for many years. Apart from the setback caused by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis ,

3360-1006: The experiences of different client groups. Flagship boutiques are grand, multi-story boutiques in major cities that are merchandised with a wide range of collections and staffed by a large team of sales associates. They also offer supplemental services, like jewelry cleaning, hot stamping, on-site service. Many luxury brands use flagship boutiques to illustrate their unique vision or heritage, often through distinctive architecture that transforms them from storefronts to tourist attractions. Large cities often have secondary boutiques in addition to their flagship boutique. Multiple boutiques allow luxury brands to cater to different types of clients, which can differ even within small geographic areas. Secondary boutiques often offer different merchandise than flagship boutiques, and establish different types of relationships with clients. Luxury boutiques in smaller cities are often secondary boutiques as well. The rising popularity of secondary and tertiary cities around

3430-647: The former James Bay General Hospital and the Weeneebayko Health Ahtuskaywin which operated Weeneebayko General Hospital in Moose Factory ). Payukotayno (pronounced pay-k-ta-no) Family Services provide child care and social assistance to Moosonee, Moose Factory, Attawapiskat First Nation , Fort Albany First Nation , Kashechewan First Nation and Peawanuck . Payukotayno is a recognized Ontario Children's Aid society and means 'one family' in Cree. As of 2020

3500-502: The global market. According to the Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report 2020, Hong Kong , Shanghai , Tokyo and Singapore were four of the five most expensive cities for luxury goods in Asia. In 2014, the luxury sector was expected to grow over the following ten years because of 440 million consumers spending a total of 880 billion euros, or $ 1.2 trillion. The advertising expenditure for

3570-438: The industry has performed well, particularly in 2000. That year, the world luxury goods market was worth nearly $ 170 billion and grew 7.9 percent. The United States has been the largest regional market for luxury goods. The largest sector in this category was luxury drinks, including premium whisky , champagne , and cognac . The watches and jewelry section showed the strongest performance, growing in value by 23.3 percent, while

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3640-737: The last and greatest of the silent films, released in 1930. The Glenbow Museum located in Calgary has a collection of over 300 photographs of the Revillon posts, ships and items sold in their stores. Many of the photographs were taken by Samuel Herbert Coward, the director of the Revillon Frères Trading Company Ltd. in Canada from 1904 to 1931. There is a Revillon Frères Museum in Moosonee , Ontario which has been closed for several years. Luxury goods The word "luxury" derives from

3710-401: The main purpose of displaying wealth or income of their owners. These kinds of goods are the objects of a socio-economic phenomenon called conspicuous consumption and commonly include luxury cars , watches , jewelry , designer clothing , yachts , private jets , corporate helicopters as well as large residences, urban mansions , and country houses . The idea of a luxury brand

3780-708: The post was supplied by scows from Pagwa on the National Transcontinental Railway coming down the Pagwachuan, Kenogami , and Albany Rivers . In 1932, the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway was extended from Cochrane to Moose River Post, that was renamed at that time to Moosonee, derived from the Cree word môsonihk meaning "at the Moose [River]". In 1936, Revillon Frères sold its Canadian operations to

3850-399: The product is a luxury good. This contrasts with necessity goods , or basic goods , for which demand stays the same or decreases only slightly as income decreases. With increasing accessibility to luxury goods, new product categories have been created within the luxury market, called "accessible luxury" or "mass luxury". These are meant specifically for the middle class , sometimes called

3920-410: The proportional consumption increase exceeds the proportional income increase . So, if income increases by 50%, then consumption of a superior good will increase by more than 50% (maybe 51%, maybe 70%). In economics terminology, all goods with an income elasticity of demand greater than zero are "normal", but only the subset having income elasticity of demand > 1 are "superior". Some articles in

3990-412: The quantity of an item demanded increases with income, but not by enough to increase the share of the budget spent on it, then it is only a normal good and is not a superior good. Consumption of all normal goods increases as income increases. For example, if income increases by 50%, then consumption will increase (maybe by only 1%, maybe by 40%, maybe by 70%). A superior good is a normal good for which

4060-694: The resort's high season. These boutiques offer merchandise relevant to the resort where they are located, like a cruise collection in a beach resort or skiwear in a mountain resort. Since the development of mass-market "luxury" brands in the 1800s. Extraordinary places will be the factor of development that can be achieved by enabling the conversion of items from the mass-market to the luxury market. Many innovative technologies are being added to mass-market products and then transformed into luxury items to be placed in department stores. Department stores that sell major luxury brands have opened up in most major cities worldwide. Le Bon Marché in Paris , France

4130-511: The river front for nearly a mile northward from the residence of the inspector." Moose River Post (and Moose Factory) were prosperous but isolated. It was supplied only once per year by ship coming from Montreal around the Labrador Peninsula . Mail arrived only four times per year, twice by canoe and twice by toboggan. During World War I , Revillon Frères' chartered supply ship was requisitioned for war service. So from then on until 1932,

4200-475: The same brand is found in the automotive industry, with "entry-level" cars marketed to younger, less wealthy consumers, and higher-cost models for older and more wealthy consumers. In economics, superior goods or luxury goods make up a larger proportion of consumption as income rises, and therefore are a type of normal goods in consumer theory . Such a good must possess two economic characteristics: it must be scarce , and, along with that, it must have

4270-468: The status of "luxury goods" due to their design, quality, durability, or performance, which are superior to comparable substitutes. Some goods are perceived as luxurious by the public simply because they play the role of status symbols , as such goods tend to signify the purchasing power of those who acquire them. These items, while not necessarily being better (in quality, performance, or appearance) than their less expensive substitutes, are purchased with

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4340-417: The summer months and five days per week during the rest of the year. Moosonee station is located at the end of First Street and has a small station building, freight shed, diesel shed and an outdoor yard to store trains. Tickets are sold by phone or at the offices Cochrane, Moosonee, Moose Factory and Timmins . The train will stop on demand in some locations as part of the flag stop service. No meal service

4410-498: The top of their class or considered the best in their field. Furthermore, these brands must deliver – in some meaningful way – measurably better performance. What consumers perceive as luxurious brands and products change over the years, but there appear to be three main drivers: (1) a high price, especially when compared to other brands within its segment; (2) limited supply, in that a brand may not need to be expensive, but it arguably should not be easily obtainable and contributing to

4480-467: The traffic heading up north has been destined for the Victor Diamond Mine operated by De Beers Canada to the west of Attawapiskat. In January 2021, the 311 km (193 mi) James Bay Winter Ice Road was under construction, to connect Attawapiskat, Kashechewan, Fort Albany and Moosonee. It opened some time in winter 2021 and was said to accept loads up to 50,000 kilograms in weight. The road

4550-402: The world has pushed luxury brands to open secondary boutiques in smaller cities than those that can support a flagship boutique. Luxury brands use seasonal boutiques to follow their well-heeled clientele as they leave major cities for smaller resort towns in the summer and winter. Common throughout Europe, seasonal boutiques have short-term leases, like a pop-up shop, which are open only during

4620-418: The year. Severe thunderstorms can occur from time to time. Moosonee used to have a subarctic climate with a yearly mean temperature of −1.3 °C (29.7 °F), but due to global warming that temperature has risen to 0.1 °C (32.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Moosonee was 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) on 31 July 1975. The coldest temperature ever recorded, at (Moose Factory),

4690-551: Was founded by Austrian immigrant William Grauer and later operated by Grauer's two sons, Abraham and Herman. In 1970, in a deal negotiated by Herman Grauer, Revillon became the fur supplier to Saks 5th Avenue . This arrangement lasted until 1995. In 1982, Revillon was acquired by hypermarket operator Cora , and became its luxury division Cora-Revillon. Subsequently, Cora-Revillon became a separate company, now privately owned, with Revillon as its primary brand. Besides furs, Revillon produces perfume . In 1899 Revillon Frères opened

4760-489: Was not in service in 2009. In late 2009, members of the Moose Cree First Nation voted for the construction of a seasonal winter road south to Otter Rapids. During the winter, ice roads are plowed and maintained on the ice across the Moose River to Moose Factory and winter roads are maintained to the coastal First Nations communities of Fort Albany , Kashechewan and Attawapiskat . In recent years, much of

4830-412: Was operated by Kimesskanemenow LP, "a limited partnership between the four communities it connects". Feasibility studies have been undertaken on the construction of a permanent all-season road to the communities of Moosonee, Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat River . The project, if undertaken, will entail a "coastal road" connecting the four communities with each other, as well as a road to link

4900-607: Was −48.9 °C (−56.0 °F) on 24 January 1935. The town is billed as "a major transportation hub for Ontario’s Far North". As of 2020, the MV Niska 1 ferry was operating between Moosonee and Moose Factory island, carrying passengers and vehicles. The main method of access is by Ontario Northland Railway which reached the town in 1932 and which provides passenger and freight train service to Cochrane . Ontario Northland's Polar Bear Express train runs from Moosonee station to Cochrane station six days per week during

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