In 1631 Luke Foxe proved Hudson Bay doesn't lead to this much-sought waterway
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Thomas James (sea captain) - Wikipedia  James left Bristol in May 1631 on the Henrietta Maria, took a month to pass Hudson Strait, was blocked by ice from going north, went west, met Luke Foxe on 29...
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Thomas James and Luke Foxe  The voyages of Thomas James and Luke Foxe present an interesting study in contrasts and ... for both sought a Northwest Passage through Hudson Bay in 1631. ... Foxe who had been undergoing repairs in Port Nelson, and spent much of the...
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Foxe Basin - Wikipedia  Foxe Basin is a shallow oceanic basin north of Hudson Bay, in Nunavut, Canada, located ... 1 Waterway; 2 Coast; 3 Wildlife; 4 Status; 5 References; 6 Further reading ... During much of the year, landfast ice dominates in the north, while pack ice ... of the Canadian Arctic, though it is proving to be biologically rich and diverse.
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Luke Foxe - Wikipedia  Luke Foxe (or Fox) (20 October 1586  c. 15 July 1635) was an English explorer, born in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, who searched for the Northwest Passage across North America. In 1631, he sailed much of the western Hudson Bay before concluding no...
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J! Archive - Show #7284, aired 2016-04-21  In 1631 Luke Foxe sailed the coast of Hudson Bay & proved it didn't lead to this long-sought waterway ... Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette traveled from Chicago to Green Bay, mapping this Great Lake's western shore...
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The Post-Crescent from Appleton, Wisconsin  Page 27  The scientists of the great lakes fisheries commission plan this year to use ... The lamphrey, a primitive, eel-like fish, has been in the St. Lawrence river and Lake Ontario ... A breakdown by age groups shows that nearly 43 per cent of the violators ... hauled into court for fishing without a license than for any other single cause.
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Henry Hudson - Wikipedia  Sir Henry Hudson (died 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th .... In 1609 Hudson was chosen by merchants of the Dutch East India Company in ... In November, however, the ship became trapped in the ice in the James Bay, and the crew moved ashore for the winter. ..... British Arctic Expedition.
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Henry Hudson - Explorer - Biography.com  Jul 8, 2014 ... The Hudson Bay and Hudson River are named after intrepid English explorer Henry Hudson. ... In 1609, he embarked on a third voyage that took him to the New World and the river that would be given his name. ... He spent his career searching for different routes to Asia, but he ended up opening the door...
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The River of Canada - Aquatarium - 1000 Islands Ontario  Feb 18, 2015 ... The River of Canada - Explore the history of the mighty St. Lawrence ... it all started in the 1500s with a French explorer named Jacques Cartier.
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reality check - What could make an area of land be accessible only ...  3 days ago ... Just difficult enough that a band of travellers who are rather slow ... or hire a dog team, to cross the new bridge of sea ice to the desired island ... Making docks that dip another few feet down isn't hard: clearing shoals is. .... On the second half of october the winter starts, and river is covered in ice in few days.
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Expedition of Marquette and Joliet, 1673 | Wisconsin Historical Society  Marquette and Joliet Exploring the Mississippi ... On May 17, 1673, Father Jacques Marquette and fur trader Louis Joliet set out on a ... Their voyage helped to initiate the first white settlements in the North American ... They crossed Wisconsin between June 1 and June 17, then followed the Mississippi River hundreds of...
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Chronology  On an expedition in 1521, he is wounded by a Calusa arrow and later dies in Havana. ... 1534-41 - Jacques Cartier of France explores the St. Lawrence River area in .... central government, not the states, should regulate Indian affairs and trade ... 1796 - Scottish explorer Mungo Park reaches headwaters of Niger River in...
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Animal Instincts and the Canadian Beast - Skemman  Timothy Findleys Not Wanted on the Voyage is a work of Canadian ..... comes first, then woman and the animal kingdom is only of tertiary significance if any. ..... gossip of the wood and eager to hear some news of her acquaintances there.
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Henry Hudson's Third Voyage, 1609: The New World  Jan 19, 2007 ... Hudson explored the northeastern coast of America, eventually sailing ... He hoped the river - now named the Hudson River - would provide a ... sailed with Hudson previously as mate, and would again in 1610. ... away from his voyage north to sail across the ocean and explore the coast of the New World.
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World Book Student | Print - World Book Online  He explored three North American waterways later named for himthe Hudson River, Hudson ... They thought such a route would be shorter than any other. ... Huge ice floes forced Hudson to return to England. He ... Hudson thought he had at last come to the Pacific Ocean, and he sailed south into what is now James Bay.
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the french settlement of the mississippi valley - JStor  very largely because the Mississippi Valley is a unit and cannot be divided ... And yet the time was, only one hundred ... of the St. Lawrence had almost as long been claimed for France, .... almost the whole time, doubtless working for himself in part, but mainly for the general good. That man was Bienville. He was not perfect.
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James Bay - Wikipedia  James Bay is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies ... Jump to: navigation, search ... The bay first came to the attention of Europeans in 1610, when Henry Hudson ... It received its name in honour of Thomas James, a Welsh captain who explored the area more thoroughly in 1630...
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Hudson's Bay Company - Wikipedia  The Hudson's Bay Company commonly referred to as The Bay (La Baie in French), is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, Hudson's Bay Company now ... The company was incorporated by English royal charter in 1670 as The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England...
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Henry Hudson, English Explorer and Sea Captain - Tripod  Hudson never found such a sea passage, but he sailed farther north than any ... In 1607, the Muscovy Company, an English trading firm, hired Hudson to find a ... He sailed northeast along the coast of Greenland and reached Spitsbergen. ... 700 miles from the North Pole, and no explorer had sailed so far north before.
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Hudson River Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki  Jan 30, 2015 ... The original Erie Canal, opened in 1825 to connect the Hudson with Lake Erie, ... The river is named after Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch ... Company, the waterway was a major travel route for Native Americans. ... The Hudson River is an often-used term to describe much of the most...
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Henry Hudson - Wikipedia  Sir Henry Hudson, born circa 1565-1570, dead 1611, was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. ... In 1611, after wintering on the shore of James Bay, Hudson wanted to press on to the west, but most of his crew mutinied. .... They were arrested in England, and some were indeed put on trial, but no...