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Hudson Strait
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Hudson Strait links the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay in Canada. It lies between Baffin Island and the northern coast of Quebec, its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley and Resolution Island. It is 450 mi (720 km) long. Its width varies from 150 mi (240 km) at its largest point, to a minimum of 40 mi (64 km).[1][2]
Discovered by explorer Henry Hudson in the year 1610 aboard the British ship Discovery, it was long thought to be the fabled Northwest Passage.
References
- ^ Trémaudan, Auguste Henri de Trémaudan (1916). The Hudson Bay road (1498-1915) (Digitized Jul 10, 2008 ed.). J.M. Dent. pp. 50. http://books.google.com/books?id=03IpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=%22Nottingham+Island%22+hudson&source=bl&ots=YAWS_aYjV9&sig=3AFKLI_G_unJiTZsXRO1eq5xkhw&hl=en&ei=3TCLSqy3GpDqsQO7xL3RDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=%22Nottingham%20Island%22%20hudson&f=false.
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Further reading
- Allard, Michel, Baolai Wang, and Jean A Pilon. 1995. "Recent Cooling Along the Southern Shore of Hudson Strait, Quebec, Canada, Documented from Permafrost Temperature Measurements". Arctic and Alpine Research. 27, no. 2: 157.
- Andrews, J. T., and D. C. Barber1. 2002. "Dansgaard-Oeschger Events: Is There a Signal Off the Hudson Strait Ice Stream?" Quaternary Science Reviews. 21, no. 1-3: 443-454.
- Barr, W. 1994. "The Eighteenth Century Trade between the Ships of the Hudson's Bay Company and the Hudson Strait Inuit". Arctic. 47, no. 3: 236.
- Campbell, N. J. The Oceanography of Hudson Strait. [S.l.]: Atlantic Oceanographic Group, 1958.
- Easton, A. K. Tides of Hudson Strait. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1972.
- Gaston, A. J. Seabird Investigations in Hudson Strait Report on Activities in 1980. OLABS Program report. [Canada]: Canadian Wildlife Service, 1981.
- Payne, F. F. Eskimo of Hudson's Strait. Toronto?: s.n.], 1889. ISBN 0665093012
- 2005. "A Sentry at the Atlantic Gateway - An Experimental Mooring Monitors Water Flow Through Strategic Hudson Strait". Oceanus. 44, no. 3: 30.
Coordinates: 62°29′36″N 071°57′43″W / 62.49333°N 71.96194°W
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- Ungava Bay (inlet of Hudson Strait in northeast Quebec)
- Cape Chidley (geographical area, Canada)
- Resolution Island (island, Canada)
- Hudson Bay (inland sea of east-central Canada)
- George (river, Canada)
- Foxe Basin (body of water, Canada)
- John Davis (English navigator)
- Henry Hudson (English navigator & explorer)
- Baffin Island (island, Canada)
- Sir Martin Frobisher
- Labrador-Ungava (region, Canada)
- Narwhal
- Pollock
- William Baffin
