hudson bay

     

Huson Bay (French: baie d'Hudson) is a large (1.23 million km²), relatively shallow body of water in northeastern Canada. It drains a very large area that includes parts of Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, most of Manitoba, parts of North Dakota and Minnesota, and the southeastern area of Nunavut. A smaller offshoot of the bay, James Bay, lies to the south. The IHO, in its Special Publication 23, Limits of Oceans and Seas, fourth edition, lists Hudson Bay as part of the Arctic Ocean. On the east it is connected with the Atlantic Ocean by Hudson Strait, and on the north with the rest of the Arctic Ocean by Foxe Basin (which is not considered part of the bay) and Fury and Hecla Strait. Geographic coordinates: 78° to 95° W, 51° to 70° N.

Trivia about hudson bay

  • The Foxe Channel connects the Arctic Ocean with this huge Canadian bay
  • Churchill, Manitoba is the chief port on this Canadian bay
  • In area this Canadian bay is more than 3 times as large as all the Great Lakes combined
  • James Bay, in Ontario & Quebec, is the southern arm of this larger bay
  • Although it was discovered in 1610, the Canadian bay's west coast wasn't mapped until about 210 years later
  • This Canadian bay has the longest shoreline of any bay
  • Canada's Ungava Peninsula is on the east side of this immense bay
  • Quebec's Ungava Peninsula provides the eastern shore of this large bay
  • Nastapoka & Hopewell, islands of Canada's Northwest Territories, hug the eastern shore of this bay
  • In the early 1770s England's Samuel Hearne became the first European to reach the Arctic Ocean overland from this bay
  • When measured by shoreline, this North American bay is the world's largest
  • This Canadian bay covers more than 3 times the area of the Great Lakes combined
  • Along with the smaller James Bay, this large body of water forms Ontario's northern coastline

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