Hudson Bay region

E3504
geographical region

The Hudson Bay region is a vast, sparsely populated area in northeastern Canada centered around Hudson Bay, known for its subarctic climate, Indigenous communities, and historical role in early European exploration and the fur trade.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Hudson Bay region canonical 13
Hudson Bay Lowlands 3
Hudson Bay 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
borders Hudson Bay ⓘ
James Bay ⓘ
characteristic long cold winters ⓘ
short cool summers ⓘ
climate polar climate in northern areas ⓘ
subarctic climate ⓘ
contains subarctic landscapes ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric development in some areas ⓘ
mining ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
environmentalIssue climate change impacts on sea ice ⓘ
permafrost thaw in some areas ⓘ
fauna caribou ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
polar bears ⓘ
seals ⓘ
flora boreal forest ⓘ
taiga ⓘ
tundra vegetation in northern parts ⓘ
hasPart coastal areas of Hudson Bay ⓘ
inland areas surrounding Hudson Bay ⓘ
historicalOrganizationPresence Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
historicalSignificance center of North American fur trade ⓘ
early contact zone between Europeans and Indigenous peoples ⓘ
indigenousPeoples Cree ⓘ
Dene ⓘ
Inuit ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
knownFor Indigenous communities ⓘ
early European exploration ⓘ
fur trade history ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Canada ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeArea Manitoba ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Province of Quebec ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
namedAfter Hudson Bay ⓘ
partOf Arctic drainage basin ⓘ
Canadian Shield ⓘ
populationDensity sparsely populated ⓘ
timeZone Atlantic Time Zone in some eastern coastal areas ⓘ
Central Time Zone in western parts ⓘ
Eastern Time Zone in southern and eastern parts ⓘ
transport limited road access ⓘ
reliance on air transport ⓘ
seasonal marine shipping ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Hudson → nameGivenTo → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson Bay
Henry Hudson → explored → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson Bay
Henry Hudson → placeOfDeath → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
Labrador Current → flowsPast → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labrador Peninsula
Treaty of Utrecht → transferredTerritory → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson Bay territories
Labrador → contains → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labrador Plateau
Royal Proclamation of 1763 → appliesToTerritory → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Territory (British North America)
Hudson's Bay Company → brand → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson's Bay
James Bay → drainageBasin → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson Bay drainage basin
Western Canada → hasPart → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson Bay Lowlands
Innu → primaryRegion → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Canada
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville → associatedWith → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
Churchill Falls → locatedIn → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Labrador
Churchill River → sourceRegion → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Labrador
New France → includedRegion → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
King William's War → location → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
Luke Foxe → placeOfActivity → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
Pierre-Esprit Radisson → placeOfActivity → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
Hän → isIndigenousTo → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subarctic North America
Churchill → region → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson Bay Lowlands
Wapusk National Park → contains → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson Bay Lowlands
Samuel Hearne → explorationRegion → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
Cochrane → isGatewayTo → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
subject surface form: Cochrane, Ontario
this entity surface form: James Bay region
Cree peoples → traditionalTerritory → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
Northern Manitoba → hasLandscapeFeature → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson Bay coastline
Laurentide Ice Sheet in North America → coveredRegion → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
subject surface form: Laurentide Ice Sheet
Battle of Fort Nelson → theatre → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson Bay theatre of Anglo-French colonial wars
Hudson's Bay Company flag → locationOfUse → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
White Buildings → hasPoem → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Labrador
Port of Churchill → nearWildlifeArea → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Hudson Bay coast
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean → mainSubject → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson's Bay region
governor of Fort Prince of Wales → appliesToJurisdiction → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
Dorset culture → mainAreaOfActivity → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
des Groseilliers → associatedWith → Hudson Bay region ⓘ
subject surface form: Médard des Groseilliers