This Saturday in Barrys Bay author Jean Pierre Chabot will be giving a presentation about the ice jam that flooded the Hudson’s Bay Company’s fur trading post on Moose Factory Island in 1894.
The event will take place at the library. There will be light refreshments and a cash bar. The legion is hosting the event.
Copies of Jean Pierre’s book will be for sale and a copy is available to borrow at the library.
A little about the book:
“1894: The Deeper Story of Moose Factory’s Great Flood is an account of an ice jam-induced flood that occurred at the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) fur trading post on Moose Factory Island, which is situated along the James Bay coast in Canada’s north. This story is also an account of the broader history of break-up, a season all of its own, within the delta of the Moose River. Through the phenomenon of break-up, the author also tells a deeper story of Moose Factory, its history and the region’s people. You will no longer think of water and ice in the same way after reading this book. Guaranteed.” from Amazon