Cape Henrietta Maria

Cape Henrietta Maria is a low, narrow peninsula at the northwestern entrance to James Bay, where its coast turns towards Hudson Bay. Built of crumbling limestone, it projects only a few metres above the water. The surrounding lowlands belong to the homeland of the Omushkego Cree. In September 1631, the navigator Thomas James sighted the cape during his search for a northwest passage and named it for Queen Henrietta Maria. He continued south along James Bay and spent a difficult winter at Charlton Island.