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Hudson Strait

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noun

  1. a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.


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He did, however, explore three waterways that were later named for him—the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Eventually he embarked again, sailed westward through Hudson Strait into Hudson Bay, whose waters his party found teeming with cod and salmon, the shores abounding with caribou, musk ox, ducks, geese, loons.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this juncture his missing vessels, having extricated themselves from the ice of Hudson Strait, appeared, and the fort surrendered without putting Iberville to the last proof of his courage.

From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.

Finding his way in the Discovery through Hudson Strait, he wintered at the southern extremity of James Bay.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

In his first voyage, explored the coast of Spitzbergen; in the second, part of Nova Zembla; in the third, the Hudson River; and in the last, Hudson Strait and part of the bay.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various