Today we ventured to the most northern point of our tour - Moose Factory! Moose Factory is an island just east of Moosonee, which can only be accessed by train or plane. Early this morning we boarded the Polar Bear Express heading north. The five hour ride had beautiful scenery of spruce forest broken up by small lakes and creeks. Bryan even spotted a bear out the window!
We arrived in Moosonee around three in the afternoon, and after gathering up the animals and program supplies hailed a cab to the local docks. From here we took a water taxi across the river to Moose Factory. At the docks we met Jay, our contact for the community, who cheerfully directed us to our accomodations for the night. Tomorrow we will be running our day program in the Moose Cree Community, and we hope to see people from both sides of the river!
We quickly getting to the end of our northern travels, and it's hard to believe that it is already August! This may be our last chance to post before we reach home, but I look forward to telling you about our last couple programs when we get there.
Until then!
- Robin