Sowunusiske

Sowunusiske Creek flows southeast into Port Nelson, where the Nelson River reaches Hudson Bay. Its local Cree name refers to the muddy country to the south. The river mouth lies in the broad, low coastal lands of the bay, where freshwater, tidal waters and wetlands meet. Far upstream, the Nelson drains Lake Winnipeg; its course links the interior to a coast that later became important to the Hudson Bay fur trade.