Hudson Bay facts for kids
The Hudson Bay is a huge body of water in east-central Canada. It's like a giant inland sea, but it's actually a bay! It is the fourth largest sea in the world. Its area is about 316,000 square miles (819,000 square kilometres). That's a lot of water!
The land around Hudson Bay belongs to different parts of Canada. The northern and western sides are part of Nunavut. The southern side is shared by Manitoba and Ontario. And the eastern side belongs to Quebec.
Hudson Bay is connected to other big oceans. To the northeast, the Hudson Strait links it to the Atlantic Ocean. To the north, the Foxe Channel connects it to the Arctic Ocean.
The bay got its name from an English explorer named Henry Hudson. In 1610, he sailed into the bay on his ship, the Discovery. He then claimed this huge bay for England.
Images for kids
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This image shows Hudson Bay from space. Blue areas are colder.
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Canada, routes of explorers, 1497 to 1905
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A map showing Hudson Bay.
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A polar bear walks on new ice in early November at Hudson Bay.
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In late spring (May), large chunks of ice float near the eastern shore of the bay. The center of the bay stays frozen to the west. Between 1971 and 2007, the time without ice grew by about seven days in the southwestern part of Hudson Bay. This area was historically the last to thaw.
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This map shows how quickly the land is rising after the glaciers melted. Hudson Bay is in the area where the land is rising the fastest.
See also
In Spanish: Bahía de Hudson para niños
