Fort Albany

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Fort Albany

Total population

2,031

Coordinates52.21°, -81.68°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Fort Albany First Nation is a Cree First Nation in Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, within the territory covered by Treaty 9. Situated on the southern shore of the Albany River on the west coast of James Bay, Fort Albany First Nation is accessible only by air, water, or by winter road. It is roughly 129km (80mi) away from Moose Factory, and 415km (257mi) away from Timmins

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ontario

• Moosonee
  78.9 mi away · pop. 1,725
• Mattice
  192.4 mi away
• Val Côté
  192.7 mi away
• Hallebourg
  193 mi away
• Val Rita
  194.8 mi away
• Kapuskasing
  196 mi away · pop. 8,200
• Jogues
  201.8 mi away
• Matheson
  259.7 mi away
• Fort Hope
  269.1 mi away
• Longlac
  269.9 mi away
• King Kirkland
  290.1 mi away
• Swastika
  292 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fort Albany

Northern native Canadian second language education: a case study of Fort Albany, Ontario

Kelleen Ann Toohey · 1982

Fort Albany Reserve

Sharon Monture · 1976

Aggregate resources inventory of Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat areas, northeastern Ontario. by staff of Sedimentary Geoscience and Geochemistry section

Old Fort Niagara Lighthouse

2008

George Stephens, Piano forte and Melodeon Ware Rooms, Division Street, Cobourg, C.W.

1983

1980 census of housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1983

A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan Territory, made between the 2d of May and the 23d of September, 1818

Darby, William · 1819

A tour from the city of New York, to Detroit, in the Michigan Territory, made between the 2d of May and the 22d of September, 1818

Darby, William · 1819

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

northern redcurrant

Ribes triste

Seen 2026-07-17

balsam poplar

Populus balsamifera

Seen 2026-07-16

American Giant Water Bug

Lethocerus americanus

Seen 2025-09-28

Two-striped Grasshopper

Melanoplus bivittatus

Seen 2025-08-26

Lake Darner

Aeshna eremita

Seen 2025-08-26

Marsh Felwort

Lomatogonium rotatum

Seen 2025-08-26

Orange-legged Drone Fly

Eristalis flavipes

Seen 2025-08-26

Narrow-headed Marsh Fly

Helophilus fasciatus

Seen 2025-08-26

Canadian Waterweed

Elodea canadensis

Seen 2025-08-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).