Kamisak Coast

The Kamisak River flows northeast into the southwestern side of Hudson Bay, across a low coast where shallow water extends far offshore. Its name is a local Cree word meaning 'big'. Farther west, the Hayes and Nelson rivers reach the same coast, and their mouths became the scene of competition for the fur trade. The Hudson's Bay Company built York Fort on the Hayes in 1684; French and English forces fought for control of the post in the following decades.