Hudson Bay

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Arctic ocean
Continent: North America
Climate: Subpolar
Country: Canada

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Gadiformes - Cods

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Clupeiformes - Herrings

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Osmeriformes - Smelts

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Rajiformes - Skates and rays

Hudson Bay is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of 1,230,000 km2 (470,000 sq mi). It is located north of Ontario, west of Quebec, northeast of Manitoba, and southeast of Nunavut, but politically entirely part of Nunavut. Although not geographically apparent, it is for climatic reasons considered to be a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It drains a very large area, about 3,861,400 km2 (1,490,900 sq mi), that includes parts of southeastern Nunavut, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, all of Manitoba, and parts of the U.S. states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana.

The Eastern Cree name for Hudson and James Bay is Wînipekw (Southern dialect) or Wînipâkw (Northern dialect), meaning muddy or brackish water. Lake Winnipeg is similarly named by the local Cree, as is the location for the city of Winnipeg.