Editing Moosonee (section)

==Transportation==
The town is billed as "a major transportation hub for Ontario’s Far North".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northernc.on.ca/moosonee-campus/ |title=Moosonee Campus|accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref>

As of 2020, the MV ''Niska 1'' ferry was operating between Moosonee and Moose Factory island, carrying passengers and vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ontarioferries.com/mv-niska-1/ |title=MV Niska|accessdate=15 March 2021}}</ref>

===Moosonee station and yard===
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[[File:S IMG 1733.jpg|thumb|left|The ''[[Polar Bear Express]]'' at Moosonee Station]]
The main method of access is by [[Ontario Northland Railway]], which reached the town in 1932 and provides passenger and freight train service to [[Cochrane, Ontario|Cochrane]].<ref name="TOM" /> Ontario Northland's ''[[Polar Bear Express]]'' train runs from [[Moosonee station]] to [[Cochrane station (Ontario)|Cochrane station]] six days per week during 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 [[Request stop|flag stop]] service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cochraneontario.com/visitors/things-to-do/|title=Travelling on the Train|accessdate=15 March 2021|archive-date=2 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302141325/http://www.cochraneontario.com/visitors/things-to-do/}}</ref>

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 is one of only two [[motorail]] services in North America.

===Airport===
The town is also accessible via the [[Moosonee Airport]], served with scheduled flights by [[Air Creebec]], and [[Thunder Airlines]],<ref name=airc/><ref name=thund/>  and cargo service through [[North Star Air]]. In the summer months [[floatplane]]s can land at [[Moosonee Water Aerodrome]]

===Roads===
Moosonee is inaccessible by road. The nearest road outside of Moosonee ends at [[Otter Rapids, Ontario|Otter Rapids]], {{cvt|148.9|km}} south of Moosonee. During the early months of 2008, a winter road was open between Moosonee and the [[Ontario Provincial Highway Network|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 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 road]]s are plowed and maintained on the ice across the [[Moose River (Ontario)|Moose River]] to [[Moose Factory]] and winter roads are maintained to the coastal First Nations communities of [[Fort Albany First Nation|Fort Albany]], [[Kashechewan First Nation|Kashechewan]] and [[Attawapiskat First Nation|Attawapiskat]]. In recent years, much of 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 {{convert|311|km|abbr=on}} James Bay Winter Ice Road was under construction, to connect Attawapiskat, Kashechewan, Fort Albany and Moosonee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/industry-news/design-build/construction-of-the-james-bay-winter-road-underway-3253316|title=Construction of the James Bay Winter Road underway|date=13 January 2021 |accessdate=15 March 2021}}</ref> It opened some time in winter 2021 and was said to accept loads up to 50,000 kilograms in weight. The road was operated by Kimesskanemenow LP, "a limited partnership between the four communities it connects".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.winterroadcompany.ca/|title=The James Bay Winter Road is Open to Heavy Loads up io 50 000 kgs.|accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref>

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]].<ref name=allseasonroad>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/james-bay-coast-all-season-road-feasibility-study-1.4292818 "Ontario's far north one step closer to building all-season road"]. [[CBCS-FM|CBC Sudbury]], September 17, 2017.</ref> The project, if undertaken, will entail a "coastal road" connecting the four communities with each other, as well as a road to link the coastal road to the provincial highway system at [[Fraserdale, Ontario|Fraserdale]], [[Kapuskasing]] or [[Hearst, Ontario|Hearst]].<ref>[https://www.mushkegowuk.com/?page_id=3577 "All Season Road"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126180819/https://www.mushkegowuk.com/?page_id=3577 |date=2018-11-26 }}. [[Mushkegowuk Council]].</ref>