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Made In Moose Country

By Gare Joyce

Thursday, October 9, 2008

It feels like the end of the earth. In reality, it's Moose Factory, Ontario, a dot of a town on a 1,300-acre island near the mouth of the Moose River. To the north are James Bay, Hudson Bay and … the Arctic. To get there from Toronto, it's best to fly commercial to Timmins, take a small plane to Moosonee and then your choice: helicopter or—in the winter—drive across the river. Drive it is, by snowmobile. Upon your arrival at 8 a.m., five days before Christmas, the sun is c ...

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