Hudson Bay

American  

noun

1. a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1,370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).

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Hudson Bay British  

/ ˈhʌdsən /

noun

1. 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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Hudson Bay Cultural  

1. Inland arm of the Atlantic Ocean in east-central Canada. Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and the Northwest Territories lie on its shores.

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It was explored and named by Henry Hudson, who was searching for the Northwest Passage.

Example Sentences

The Hudson Bay Company - Canada's oldest corporation - will sell its brand to another iconic national retailer, Canadian Tire.

From BBC

This is partly as a result of a late freeze-up of ice around Hudson Bay, with unusually warm ocean waters taking a long time to cool down.

From BBC

"We’ve been to see the brown bears fishing the salmon out of a river in Alaska, we saw beluga whales in Hudson Bay, Canada," Liz says.

From BBC

One implication of a less icy Hudson Bay is a longer operating season for the port, which is currently closed for nine months of the year.

From BBC

Polar bears in the southern Hudson Bay could go extinct as early as the 2030s because the sea ice that helps them hunt for food is thinning, a new study suggests.

From New York Times