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Hudson Bay

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Hudson Bay
An inland sea of east-central Canada connected to the Atlantic Ocean by Hudson Strait, lying between southern Baffin Island and northern Quebec. James Bay is the southern extension of Hudson Bay, which was explored and named by Henry Hudson in 1610.

Hudson Bay
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(Placename) an inland sea in NE Canada: linked with the Atlantic by Hudson Strait; the S extension forms James Bay; discovered in 1610 by Henry Hudson. Area (excluding James Bay): 647 500 sq. km (250 000 sq. miles)
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Noun1.Hudson BayHudson Bay - an inland sea in northern Canada    
Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"


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He had never been there, but he had seen it, once, on a Hudson Bay Company chart.
Men like Al Mayo and Jack McQuestion antedated him; but they had entered the land by crossing the Rockies from the Hudson Bay country to the east.
Even the Hudson Bay Company failed to find them and farm them.
 
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