Hudson Bay, Canada.

Hudson Bay is a large body of water in northeastern Canada. It drains a large portion of the northern areas of Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba and the southeastern area of Nunavut. A smaller offshoot of the bay, James Bay, lies to the south. The IHO 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 Channel (which is not considered part of the bay) and Fury and Hecla Strait. All islands in the bay (and in James Bay) are part of Nunavut. Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... This article describes the Canadian province. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Glorious and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Lieutenant Governor John Harvard Area 647,797 km² (8th)  - Land 553,556 km²  - Water 64,241 km² (14. ... For the electoral district of the same name, see Nunavut (electoral district). ... James Bay is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. ... The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is an intergovernmental international organization established in 1921. ... The Arctic Ocean, located mostly in the north polar region, is the smallest of the worlds five oceans, and the shallowest. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ... Hudson Strait is a strait connecting Hudson Bay to the Atlantic Ocean, running in an west-east direction. ... For the electoral district of the same name, see Nunavut (electoral district). ...

• Geographic coordinates: 78° to 95° W, 51° to 70° N

The area around the bay is a lowland known as the Hudson Bay Lowlands which covers 324,000 km². The area is drained by a large number of rivers and has formed a characteristic vegetation known as muskeg. Much of the landform has been shaped by the actions of glaciers and the shrinkage of the bay over long periods of time. Signs of numerous former beachfronts can be seen far inland from the current shore. This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here surface areas between 100,000 km² and 1,000,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Muskeg is a soil type (also a peatland or wetland type called a bog) common in arctic and boreal areas. ... Austrias longest glacier, the Pasterze, winds its 8 km (5 mile) route at the foot of Austrias highest mountain, the Grossglockner A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ...

Hudson Bay was named after Henry Hudson who explored the bay in 1610 on his ship the Discovery. On this fourth voyage he worked his way around the west coast of Greenland and into the bay, mapping much of its eastern coast. The Discovery became trapped in the ice over the winter, and the crew survived onshore at the southern tip of James Bay. When the ice cleared in the spring Hudson wanted to explore the rest of the area, but the crew mutinied on June 22, 1611. . - Thomas A. Janvier, biographer of Henry Hudson. ... This article is about Greenland, the island dependency of Denmark. ...

Sixty years later the Nonsuch reached the Bay and successfully traded for beaver pelts with the Cree. This led to the creation of the Hudson's Bay Company which bears its name to this day. The British crown awarded a trading monopoly on the Hudson Bay watershed, called Rupert's Land, to the Hudson's Bay Company. This land, an area of approximately 3.9 million sq.km., would in 1870 be ceded to Canada as part of the Northwest Territories when the trade monopoly was abolished. Although the company is called the Hudson's Bay Company (with "'s"), the body of water does not have the "'s". Due to this inconsistancy, both the body of water and the company are often misspelled or misnamed. The Nonsuch was the ship that sailed into Hudson Bay in 1668-1669, in the first trading voyage for what was to become the Hudsons Bay Company two years later. ... Binomial name Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820 The American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is a large semi-aquatic rodent native to Canada, most of the United States and parts of northern Mexico. ... Cree camp near Vermilion, Alberta The Cree form an aboriginal nation of North America. ... The Hudsons Bay Company building in Montreal The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. ... For the term related to television programmes, see watershed (television). ... Ruperts Land Ruperts Land was a territory consisting of much of modern Canada. ... The Hudsons Bay Company building in Montreal The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... A former territory in the United States is called Northwest Territory. ...

See also

• List of tributaries of Hudson Bay
• Hudson's Bay Company
• Keewaydin

This is a partial list of watercourses draining into Hudson Bay and ths making up part of the Hudson Bay watershed. ... The Hudsons Bay Company building in Montreal The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. ...

External link

• Hudson Bay Lowlands (http://iss.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/page1/landf/hudson/hudson.htm)
• Ottertooth.com (http://ottertooth.com)

New York City harbor is sometimes called Hudson's Bay.[1]  (http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/stateoftheborough.htm)[2]  (http://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/reviews/O/octopus2.html)[3]  (http://www.bikesummer.org/2003/calendar/calendar.php?Print=y) [4] (http://www.crossharborstudy.com/deisDocument/Chapter13/Chapter13-WaterR.pdf.) This is an article about New York City; see also NYC, New York, and New York, New York. ...