Eastmain

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Coordinates: Eastmain is a Cree community located on James Bay at the mouth of the Eastmain River, Quebec, Canada. It is the smallest of the coastal Cree villages with a population of 606 people (2001 Canada census). Its alternate Cree name is "Wapanoutauw", meaning Lands east of James Bay.

Like the other coastal villages on Hudson and James Bay, Eastmain also started out as a Hudson's Bay Company trading post, originally called East Main House.

Eastmain is accessible by air (Eastmain River Airport) and by car over a gravel road linking it to the Route de la Baie James.

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Cree are an indigenous people of North America who occupy an area from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean in both Canada and the United States. They now constitute the largest group of First Nations people in Canada and are referred to as Native Americans in the United
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James Bay (French, Baie James) is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean. James Bay borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario; islands within the bay (the largest of which is Akimiski Island)
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The Eastmain River is a river in northwestern Quebec which rises in north central Quebec and flows 800 km west to drain into James Bay. This river drains an area of 46,400 kmÂ². The First Nations Cree village of Eastmain is located at the mouth of the river.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson

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Founded London, England May 2, 1670
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Eastmain River Airport, (IATA: ZEM, ICAO: CZEM), is located 1 nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of Eastmain, Quebec, Canada.

References

Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 5 July 2007 to 0901Z 30 August 2007.

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The Route de la Baie James (James Bay Road) is a remote wilderness highway winding its way through the Canadian Shield in northwestern Quebec and reaches into the James Bay region. It starts in Matagami as an extension of Route 109 and ends at Radisson.
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The Grand Council of the Crees (GCC) is the political body that represents the approximately (October 2006) 16,357 Crees or “Eeyouch” (“Eenouch” – Mistissini dialect) as they call themselves, of the James Bay and Nunavik regions of Northern Quebec,
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