Moose River (Ontario) in the context of "Moose Cree"

The Moose Cree people (Cree: Mōsonī or Ililiw) are also known as Moosonee (Monsoni), and together with the Eastern Swampy Cree also known as Central Cree, West James Bay Cree or West Main Cree. They speak the l-dialect of the Cree language.

The Moose Cree were first noted in Jesuit Relations for 1671, along the shores of James Bay and along the Moose River. On the Ochagach map (c. 1728), they (as "Monsonnis") were noted as far inland as the Rainy Lake region.