James Bay

English

Etymology

James + bay;

• (Arctic Ocean): Named after Thomas James, who explored the region in the 1630s
• (Vancouver Island): Named after James Douglas, Governor General of the crown colony of British Columbia

Proper noun

James Bay

1. A gulf of Nunavut, Canada, at the southern end of Hudson Bay, Arctic Ocean. A large sub-arctic sea surrounded on three sides by land of Ontario (on the west and south) and Quebec (on the east and south), the southernmost extension of the Arctic Ocean.
2. An inlet in Inner Harbour, Victoria Harbour, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, on the Salish Sea, Pacific Ocean
3. A neighbourhood of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, named after the inlet

   Synonym: Birdcages (former name)

Translations

James Bay, Hudson Bay, Arctic Ocean

• Cree: please add this translation if you can
• French: Baie James
• Inuktitut: please add this translation if you can
• Northern East Cree: ᐧᐄᓂᐹᒄ class Inanimate (wiinipaakw)
• Ojibwe: please add this translation if you can
• Southern East Cree: ᐧᐄᓂᐯᒄ class Inanimate (wiinipekw)

Further reading

• James Bay, Hudson Bay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• James Bay, Greater Victoria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia