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Henry Hudson: Hudson Bay
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Henry Hudson made four journeys that are recorded in the history books, and is credited as the European discoverer of Hudson Bay. He is ... remembered for the sad end of his last voyage.
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In northeastern Canada lies the vast inland sea known as Hudson Bay. The area of Hudson Bay proper is 316,000 square miles (818,000 square kilometers), and its deepest point is 846 feet (258 meters). More broadly defined, Hudson Bay includes James Bay, Foxe Basin, Hudson Strait, and Ungava Bay.
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In 1610 he set off in search of the Northwest Passage in the ship "Discovery", sailing through treacherous Arctic waters and into what is now known as Hudson Bay. By fall, the ship was stuck hundreds of miles south in what is now James Bay - unable to go further or to get home.
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