Albany River

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The Albany River is a major river in northern Ontario, Canada, that flows eastward into James Bay and has long served as an important route and resource for Indigenous communities and the fur trade.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Albany River canonical 6
Albany River basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Canada ⓘ
basinProvince Ontario ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
drainageBasin James Bay drainage basin ⓘ
ecosystem boreal forest ecosystem ⓘ
flowsDirection east ⓘ
flowsInto James Bay ⓘ
flowsThrough Northern Ontario boreal forest ⓘ
hasFishSpecies lake sturgeon ⓘ
northern pike ⓘ
walleye ⓘ
hasSettlementOnBanks Fort Albany First Nation ⓘ
Kashechewan First Nation ⓘ
Marten Falls First Nation ⓘ
hasTributary Ekwan River ⓘ
Kapiskau River ⓘ
Kenogami River ⓘ
Mammamattawa River ⓘ
Marten-Driftwood River ⓘ
Ogoki River ⓘ
hasWildlife black bear ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
moose ⓘ
historicallyUsedBy Cree communities ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
Indigenous peoples ⓘ
North West Company ⓘ
Ojibwe communities ⓘ
historicalRole link between interior of Ontario and James Bay ⓘ
major fur trade transportation corridor ⓘ
length about 610 miles ⓘ
about 982 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Ontario ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
mouthCountry Canada ⓘ
mouthLocation James Bay ⓘ
mouthProvince Ontario ⓘ
partOf Hudson Bay drainage basin ⓘ
region James Bay lowlands ⓘ
linked to: James Bay Lowlands
sourceCountry Canada ⓘ
sourceLocation Northwestern Ontario ⓘ
usedFor fur trade route ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
transportation route ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Albany First Nation → locatedOn → Albany River ⓘ
Hudson Bay drainage basin → hasPart → Albany River basin ⓘ
linked to: Albany River
James Bay Lowlands → drainedBy → Albany River ⓘ
Fort Albany Airport → near → Albany River ⓘ