Big Duck Island
Big Duck Island is an island in Ontario, Canada. Big Duck Island is situated nearby to the town Moose Factory, as well as near the neighborhood Nâmowan.Places of Interest
Highlights include Moosonee Airport and Moose Factory Island.
Moosonee Airport
Aerodrome
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Moosonee Airport is located 2 nautical miles north-east of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada. The Moosonee Airport was officially opened in May 1970 and a new terminal building was constructed in July 1991, which houses the airport management office and washrooms.
Moose Factory Island
Island
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Moose Factory Island is an island in the Moose River, Ontario, Canada, about 16 km from its mouth at James Bay. It is adjacent to the community of Moosonee across the Moose River, from which it is accessible by water taxi in the summer, a 2-minute helicopter…
Northern Lights Secondary School
School
Northern Lights Secondary School is a public high school in Moosonee, Ontario, Canada. The school is notable for being the first in the district to launch the PO programme in 2019.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moose Factory and Moosonee.
Moose Factory
Town
Photo: Hjvannes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moose Factory is a community in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Moose Factory Island, near the mouth of the Moose River, which is at the southern end of James Bay.
Moosonee
Photo: Hjvannes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moosonee is a town of 1,500 people in Northern Ontario. Called the "Gateway to the Arctic", it is Ontario's only saltwater port where goods are transferred from trains to aircraft and barges to more northerly communities.
Big Duck Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Ontario, Canada
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.28957° or 51° 17′ 22″ northLongitude
-80.5865° or 80° 35′ 11″ westOpen location code
963X7CQ7+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 414865842OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5899873Wikidata ID
Q22418083
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Big Duck Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Duck Island (pulo sa Ontario)”
- Cebuano: “Big Duck Island”
- French: “Big Duck Island”
- Swedish: “Big Duck Island”
- Turkish: “Big Duck Adası”
- Turkish: “Big Duck Island”
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Localities in the Area
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