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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hudson Bay occupies a large structural basin, known as the Hudson Bay basin, that lies within the Canadian Shield.
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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.
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Coast of Hudson Bay is extremely sparsely populated; there are only about a dozen communities.
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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.
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Hudson's Bay Company built forts as fur trade strongholds against the French or other possible invaders.
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