13 Facts About Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay is often considered part of the Arctic Ocean: the International Hydrographic Organization, in its 2002 working draft of Limits of Oceans and Seas, defined Hudson Bay, with its outlet extending from 62.

On his fourth voyage to North America, Hudson worked his way around Greenland's west coast and into the bay, mapping much of its eastern coast.

The Port and the Hudson Bay Railway were then sold to the Arctic Gateway Group—a consortium of First Nations, local governments, and corporate investors—in 2018.

Northern Hudson Bay has a polar climate being one of the few places in the world where this type of climate is found south of 60 °N, going farther south towards Quebec, where Inukjuak is still dominated by the tundra.

At the extreme southern tip of the extension known as James Hudson Bay arises a humid continental climate with a longer and generally hotter summer.

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Hudson Bay has a lower average salinity level than that of ocean water.

All the islands, including those in James Hudson Bay, are part of Nunavut and lie in the Arctic Archipelago.

Hudson Bay occupies a large structural basin, known as the Hudson Bay basin, that lies within the Canadian Shield.

Biggest port in the Hudson bay is the city of Churchill, which lies on the river with the same name, Churchill River.

The Port and the Hudson Bay Railway were sold to Arctic Gateway Group—a consortium of First Nations, local governments, and corporate investors—in 2018.

Coast of Hudson Bay is extremely sparsely populated; there are only about a dozen communities.

Some were founded as trading posts in the 17th and 18th centuries by the Hudson's Bay Company, making them some of the oldest settlements in Western Canada.

Hudson's Bay Company built forts as fur trade strongholds against the French or other possible invaders.