- Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson (September 12, 1570s - 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. His place of birth was London, England. He is presumed to have died in 1611 in Hudson Bay, Canada, after he was set adrift, along with his son and eight others, by mutinous crewmen. Hudson's early life is an unknown, but he is thought to have spent many years at sea. He is said to have begun as a cabin boy at 16 and gradually worked his way up to ship's captain. - David Thompson
David Thompson (April 30, 1770 - February 10, 1857), was an English-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "the Stargazer". Over his career he mapped over 3.9 million square kilometres of North America and for this has been described as the "greatest land geographer who ever lived." - Samuel Hearne
Samuel Hearne (1745 - November 1792), English explorer of northern North America, was born in London. In 1756 he entered the navy, and was some time with Lord Hood; at the end of the Seven Years' War (1763) he took service with the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1768 he examined portions of the Hudson Bay coasts with a view to improving the cod fishery, and from 1769 to 1772 he was employed in north-western discovery, … - John Davis
John Davis (1543-December 29 1605), was one of the chief English navigators and explorers under Elizabeth I, especially in Polar regions. Davis was born at Sandridge near Dartmouth 1543. From a boy he was a sailor, and early went on voyages with Adrian Gilbert; both the Gilbert and Raleigh families were Devonians of his own neighbourhood, and through life he seems to have profited by their friendship. - Pierre-Esprit Radisson
Pierre-Esprit Radisson was a French-born explorer and fur trader. His exploits in 1668 were instrumental in the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company. He came to New France as a teenager and was captured in an Iroquois raid circa 1652, but was adopted by his captors and became accustomed to their way of life. Radisson escaped once but he was recaptured and tortured. - George Back
Sir George Back (6 November 1796 - 23 June 1878) was a British naval officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic and artist. Back was born in Stockport. As a boy, he went to sea as a volunteer in the frigate HMS "Arethusa" in 1808, but was captured by the French the following year and remained a prisoner until the peace of early 1814. During his captivity, Back practiced his skills as an artist, which he later put to use in recording his travels through the Arctic. - Thomas Button
Sir Thomas Button (d. April, 1634) was a British officer of the Royal Navy and Explorer who in 1612-1613 commanded an expedition that unsuccessfully attempted to locate explorer Henry Hudson and to navigate the Northwest Passage. It was, none the less, a voyage of discovery. Button sailed from England about the beginning of May, 1612, … - Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville [<font/>pronounce ] (b.16 July 1661 - d.(probably) 9 July 1706), founder of the colony of French Louisiana, was born at Ville-Marie, Montreal, Quebec on 16 July 1661. He died at Havana, Cuba on 9 July, 1706. He was the third son of Charles Le Moyne, a native of Dieppe in France and lord of Longueuil in Canada, and of Catherine Primot. He is also known as Sieur d’Iberville. - Christopher Middleton
Christopher Middleton (late 1600s - February 12, 1770) was an English navigator. In May 1741 he left England and sailed to North America in search of a Northwest Passage to the East Indies. He spent the winter at the entrance of the Churchill River in Hudson Bay. He then proceeded as far north as Repulse Bay, but was prevented from going further by the ice. He returned to England in 1742, where he was presented with the Copley Medal and elected a fellow of the Royal Society. - John McCrae
Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD (November 30, 1872 - January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist, soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". - Peter Kattuk
Peter Kattuk was born 2 June 1950 on the Belcher Islands, Nunavut and lives in Sanikiluaq, Canada. Kattuk is currently the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Hudson Bay having won the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election. Prior to becoming an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Kattuk was the mayor of Sanikiluaq and worked with local organizations. - Luke Fox
Luke Fox (or Foxe) (20 October 1586 - "c." 15 July 1635) was an English explorer who searched for the Northwest Passage across North America. In 1631, he sailed much of the western Hudson Bay before concluding no such passage was possible. Foxe Basin, Foxe Channel and Foxe Peninsula were named after him. - Charles Albanel
Charles Albanel (1616 - 11 January 1696) was a French missionary explorer in Canada, and Jesuit priest. In 1649, he arrived in Canada, at Tadoussac. At the time when the Hudson's Bay Company was beginning operations, he was a leader of a French party that went by the Saguenay River, Lake Mistassini, and the Rupert River to Hudson Bay claiming the region for France. On another journey there he was captured in 1674 by the English and taken to England. - Claude Dablon
Claude Dablon (b. February, 1618 - d. May 3, 1697) was a Jesuit missionary, born in Dieppe, France. At the age of twenty-one he entered the Society of Jesus, and after his course of studies and teaching in France, arrived in Canada in 1655. He was at once dispatched with Father Chaumonot to begin a central mission among the Iroquois at Onondaga. - Tessouat
Tessouat ("Anishinaabe": Tesswehas) (c. ??? - 1636/1654) was an Algonquin chief from the Kitchesipirini nation ("Kitche"=Great, "sipi"=river, "rini"=people: the people from the great river, the Ottawa River). His nation lived in an area extending from the "Lac des Deux-Montagnes" to Pembroke, Ontario. Tessouat lived on the Isle-aux-Allumettes, in a neck of the Ottawa River. He was described by the French settlers as having a strong character. - Trent Yawney
Trent Yawney (Born: September 29, 1965 in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a retired hockey defenceman and a former head coach of the NHL Chicago Blackhawks. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, Third Round, Forty-fifth Overall. He played for the SJHL Saskatoon J's, WHL Saskatoon Blades, IHL Indianapolis Ice, the NHL Chicago Blackhawks, Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues and the Team Canada Canadian national men's hockey team. - Médard des Groseilliers
Médard Chouart des Groseilliers was a French explorer and fur trader in Canada. Des Groseilliers, a "coureur des bois" ("runner of the woods"), worked with the Jesuit missionaries among the Hurons near Lake Huron in the 1640s. From 1654 to 1656 he explored what is now northern Ontario, and was one of the first to reach Lake Superior. The natives told him of the vast fur-trading areas to the north and west of the lake, around Hudson Bay. - John Hornby
John Hornby (1880-1927) was an explorer best known for his expeditions in the Arctic region, notably in the "barren lands" in the Northwest Territory of Canada. Hornby was born to a wealthy family in England and migrated to Canada in 1904. Hornby's first trip to the Arctic was to the Great Bear Lake region in 1908 and he developed a strong fascination with the Canadian Arctic wilderness. - Henrietta Maria Of France
Henrietta Maria was Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (13 June 1625 – 30 January 1649) through her marriage to Charles I. The U.S. state of Maryland (in Latin, "Terra Mariae") was so named in her honour by Cæcilius Calvert, son of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore<sup></sup>. Cape Henrietta Maria, at the western meeting of James Bay and Hudson Bay in Northern Ontario, is also named for her. - John Abraham
John Abraham (fl. 1672 - 1689) was a governor of the now abandoned Hudson's Bay Company settlement at Port Nelson (or Fort Nelson) on Hudson Bay, located in the northern part of the modern province of Manitoba. Immediately after joining the HBC in 1672, Abraham was sent to Hudson Bay, where he served under Governor Charles Bayly until 1678. In 1679, possibly as a result of Abraham's accusations of mismanagement, Bayly was recalled to London and replaced by John Nixon. - Claude Hillaire-Marcel
Professor Claude Hillaire-Marcel FRSC (born April 1, 1944) is a Canadian geoscientist of great distinction and a world leader in Quaternary research. He is known for his groundbreaking research on the environment, climate change, and oceanography. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and professor at l'Université du Québec à Montréal. Dr. Hillaire-Marcel was born and educated in France. He received advanced degrees at the Sorbonne in 1968, … - Grant Jennings
Grant Jennings (born May 5, 1965, in Hudson Bay, and raised in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a former National Hockey League defenseman. He was never selected in the NHL Entry Draft; he was signed as a free agent by the Washington Capitals on June 25, 1985. Jennings played in the Western Hockey League for the Saskatoon Blades before being signing by the Capitals. In his NHL career, he played for the Capitals, the Hartford Whalers, … - Thomas Kierans
Thomas William Kierans, FCSCE, P. Eng. is an engineer and innovator. He is the originator and principle proponent of the Great Recycling and Northern Development Canal or GRAND Canal. Kierans is a Montreal native and 1939 McGill University Mining Engineering graduate. As a student he prospected by canoe and bush aircraft across Canada’s northlands. From graduation to 1967 he lived in Sudbury, Ontario working for eighteen years at Inco mines, smelters, … - Nicholas Of Lynn
Nicholas of Lynn or Lynne, also known as Nicolas de Linna (the name may be derived from the city of King's Lynn) (fl. 1360) was a Minorite "priest with an astrolabe" from Oxford who is thought to have visited the northern lands around Greenland around 1360, returning to Bergen in 1364 in the company of 8 others. It is conjectured that he may also have visited Hudson Bay, contributing this information to the Kensington Runestone, … - Henry Baley
Henry Baley, (? - 20 December 1701), was a ships captain fpr the Hudson Bay Company and became a governor of that company. Historical knowledge of Baley shows that he was chief mate under Captain Leonard Edgcombe and had his own ship, the "Prosperous", by 1692. He was involved in a number of voyages that dealt with the wresting of control of of forts in the James Bay and Hudson Bay area from the French. - Wesley Fletcher Orr
Wesley Fletcher Orr (3 March, 1831 - 16 February, 1898) was a Canadian businessman, journalist, and politician. He was the eighth and tenth mayor of the city of Calgary, Alberta. Orr was born in Lachute, Quebec on March 3, 1831 to Samuel G. P. Orr and Jane Hicks. He married Priscilla Victoria Miller circa 1863. Together they had two daughters and one son. Prior to moving to Calgary, Orr spent his life in various occupations. - Leonard Edgcombe
Leonard Edgcombe, (? - 1696) was a ships captain with the Hudson Bay Company and made a number of voyages into Hudson Bay and James Bay on behalf of the Company. He had Henry Baley as a chief mate for a time prior to 1692 and this mariner became an important link with the area for the HBC. - Pierre De Troyes, Chevalier de Troyes
Pierre de Troyes, Chevalier de Troyes (d. 1688), a captain in the French army arrived at Quebec in 1685 and the following year led a mission to chase the English from Hudson Bay. Among his officers were three Le Moyne brothers; Pierre, Jacques and Paul. They were divided into three groups and headed to their destination using the interior waterways. They captured Moose Factory, Fort Rupert, and Fort Albany. - Jean-Nicolas Laverlochère
Jean-Nicolas Laverlochère (December 6, 1812, St. Georges d'Espérance, Grenoble, France-October 4, 1884, Temiscaming, Quebec) was a French missionary in Canada. He began his religious life as a lay brother in the Congregation of the Oblates, but feeling called to evangelize the natives of Canada, he was allowed to study for the priesthood, and was ordained on May 5, 1844 at L'Acadie, near Montreal. He was a missionary in the Saguenay district from 1844 to 1847, … - Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville Marquis de Denonville
Jacques-Rene de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville (10 December 1637 - 22 September 1710) was Governor of New France from 1685 to 1689. Replacing Joseph Antoine de LaBarre, Denonville set out to make King Louis XIV proud. The Iroquois Confederation had been a nuisance for half a century, hampering New France's efforts to establish itself as a profitable colony. - Hudson Bay
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