Hudson Bay

noun

a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).

Example sentences from the Web for hudson bay

  • "It's one of the Hudson-bay Company's ships," remarked Raed.

    Left on Labrador |Charles Asbury Stephens

British Dictionary definitions for hudson bay

Hudson Bay
/ (ˈhʌdsən) /

noun

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)

Cultural definitions for hudson bay

Hudson Bay

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

notes for Hudson Bay

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