Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay is a vast inland sea whose eastern shore is indented by river mouths and fringed by islands. Each summer beluga whales enter its waters and gather in estuaries along the coast. Cree hunters pursued them in the southeastern bay, taking advantage of the whales' seasonal arrival. During the eighteenth century the Hudson's Bay Company also sought to exploit the white whale fishery, whose products could supply oil and provisions for the trading posts.