Talk:Hudson Bay

Any Beaches?

Not to sound stupid but I am seriously curious, are there any recreational beaches on the Hudson Bay or is it just too cold, or too sparsely populated, or not enough wave action for sand beaches, or too darn many polar bears? Seriously though, are there any recreational beaches there? Thanks

Administration

Is Hudson Bay part of the ocean or is it a Canadian territorial body of water?

Jim McPherson

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It is a part of the Dominion of Canada, and is totally under their jurisdiction.

More specifically, all of the waters and islands in Hudson Bay are part of Nunavut, if I read the maps correctly. knoodelhed (talk) 06:18, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Map colour

Also, maybe it'd help if someone coloured the map (blue for water). Kokiri

Done. --Menchi 01:21, 16 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hudson Bay vs. Hudson's Bay

Someone anonymously reverted my change to make the article consistant and accurate regarding the "'s". I have reverted back to my version and added a small explanation. CWood 00:21, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

In the US an early decision was made by, th US Board on Geographic Names, that the name of no US geographic location should have an apostrophe. Pikes Peak being the best known example. But, since Hudson's Bay is not in the US, I don't think we should honor the US convention. I think we should use "Hudson's Bay" -- Geo Swan 11:47, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

no mention of the Northwest Passage? Cacophony 18:49, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

While Canada's N bound by US precedent, it's convention now to call it Hudson Bay, N Hudson's. I corrected to that effect. Trekphiler 18:28, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh? Can you cite a source? I am highly skeptical of your assertion. -- Geo Swan 15:13, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

The Geographic Names Board of Canada has the Bay as "Hudson Bay". http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v8/sima_name_v8?english . If this is how the Government of Canada officially refers to this body of water, Wikipedia should also use this naming convention. As a side note, I have never seen a modern map labelling this body of water as Hudson's Bay. CWood 00:10, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

I grew up on the shores of Hudson Bay, and it's so labelled on pretty much every map (Canadian, admittedly) I've seen. Some of the confusion might result from the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) of yore, which IIRC does use the possessive form. But the Bay itself (the landform, not the company) is "Hudson". - FlyingOrca 22:03, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

What is the elevation above sea level of the Hudson Bay Lowlands?

I have been pulling my hair out trying to find this information. None of my paper atlas show this, and I cannot find it on the web. Thanks.

Depth?

The Mediterranean sea article says Hudson's Bay would fit its definition of a Mediterranean sea, except it was so shallow it functions like a huge estuary. So, how shallow is it? -- Geo Swan 11:47, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Without looking, I found 260m mentioned, but haven't stumbled across an authoritative source. (SEWilco 19:39, 11 October 2005 (UTC))

Size matters

Is Hudson Bay considered world's largest? I've heard it claimed... Trekphiler 18:30, 17 December 2005 (UTC)It is the largest bay.

Geology

what about the semi-circled shoreline on the quebecois side? look like a huge meteorite impact.. is anything known about that? 790 09:07, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

It indeed does look like a huge meteorite impact (I found my way here through Google Earth :), complete with a center formation (obviously shaped by the continental ice sheets moving across here). The Clearwater Lakes could have been formed by parts of this huge meteorite, along with a number of smaller impact sites nearby. The possibility of an impact has been noted, and a little googling reveals it's been studied, too: Earth Impact Database

But what if there is no clear shock metamorphism because the impact happened during the ice age? That would greatly lessen the impact on the ground. I'm just guessing here, but it would seem odd that a shoreline would be naturally that circular - even less when there's plenty of ice scour marks on the nearby lakes. maraz 10:20, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I think I learned in a college planetology class that Hudson Bay is indeed the site of an ancient meteorite impact.Cyclopiano 05:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

I have watched something on you tube suggesting that hudson bay could well contain a string of ancient volcanic caldera's. It is only a theory but could well be true. Wiki235 17:30, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Navigability

Is the Hudson Bay navigable for trade ships having large containers?

Yes it is - Churchill, Manitoba has a huge grain shipping terminal on the shore of Hudson Bay. CWood 02:58, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

It also drains southern Canada and parts of U.S.

The article reads: “It [Hudson Bay] drains a large portion of the northern areas of Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba, and the southeastern area of Nunavut.” It surely drains southern Ontario and Manitoba as well. In fact, large portions of northwestern Minnesota and eastern and northern North Dakota and small portions of northeastern South Dakota and northeastern Montana also drain into Hudson Bay. I don’t see any mention at all of the United States, while I would like to see a map of the Hudson Bay watershed here. -- Nina, 15 May 2000

fish?

Are there fish in the bay? Any commercial or rec fishing?

Salinity

This was added and should be answered. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:57, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Description

Hudson Bay is 1.23 million km², making it the second-largest bay in the world (after the Bay of Bengal). It is relatively shallow, with an average depth of about 100 meters (compared to 2,600 meters in the Bay of Bengal). It is approximately 1,370 km (850 mi) long and 1,050 km (650 mi) wide.[2] On the east it is connected with the Atlantic Ocean by Hudson Strait, and on the north with the rest of the Arctic Ocean by Foxe Basin (which is not considered part of the bay) and Fury and Hecla Strait. Geographic coordinates: 78° to 95° W, 51° to 70° N.

Hudson bay is the largest body of water all within one country

LisaWange (talk) 15:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Not sure why this was posted here, but the Sea of Okhotsk might count as a larger body of water within one country. Pfly (talk) 06:10, 4 May 2009 (UTC)