important. Henry Hudson was one of the famous explorers who decided to search for the Northwest Passage as it is known today. Along the way he discovered the Hudson river‚ the Hudson strait and Hudson bay. These waterways have significantly helped trade within North America. Hudson also has a number of bridges and cities named after him. Another bay‚ known today as the Chesapeake Bay‚ was discovered by Christopher Newport. He led the voyage all the way to Jamestown and explored the bay. (Mariners’ Museum)
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The Three Day Road Kristian Girotto Block 4 Like all things in life‚ there will always be standouts. We see the examples of the Olympic athlete‚ the world-renowned singer‚ the jaw dropping sports car or even the perfect weather. The word we use for them is “unique”. But what makes these things or people so unrivalled? It is their personal qualities that make them so prominent‚ and without these qualities they would be no different from any other. And‚ although difficult‚ it is possible to create
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winter temperatures bring it down to as low as -35 degrees. The most common precipitation is snow as well as occasional rain that creates the ice when both are mixed. The Type of landforms that are located in my Eco zone are the Canadian Shield‚ Hudson Bay Lowlands‚ and Innutian Mountains. Not a lot can grow in the artic cordillera because of the harsh weather conditions. Some plant can still sustain like the arctic black spruce‚ arctic willow‚ cotton grass‚ kobresia‚ moss species‚ wood rush‚ wire
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and hunt instead. What they didn’t realize was that two Indians had been killed just a few weeks prior in a skirmish with the Missouri Fur Company and the situation in the area was hostile. For years‚ the Indians had only known tense relationships with the white men and the death of two of their own created a tense environment for the new Rocky Mountain Fur Company. When General Ashley and his men arrived‚ they believed
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Territories. In the late 1600s the Cree were settled in the northern parts of the boreal forest which extended as far as Lake Superior. The lives of the Cree changed greatly when they started coming in contact more frequently having settled near the Hudson Bay Company. By the 1680s the Cree became well established fur traders and while being feared by many nations they accepted their new neighbours‚ the Europeans. The Cree started becoming dependent on the fur trades to provide food. The Cree began moving
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The Terrible Storm at Hudson’s Bay This is a story about a small beaver with a flat tail‚ tiny arms‚ a big heart‚ and a good brain to go with it. His name was Beavey. One day‚ Beavey went on a canoe/camping trip with his friends Rocky the raccoon and Spike the porcupine. They were best friends and were all very smart. Once they paddled about 100 feet‚ one little drop of rain fell right on Beavey’s little nose. They paddled once again‚ and then they all noticed it had started to rain‚ but they didn’t
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Henry Hudson was a good sea man. In 1565 Henry Hudson was born in London‚ England. Henry Hudson came from a wealthy family. His grandfather was also named Henry Hudson. There is little information about the early life of Henry Hudson. He would have been well educated and would have studied navigation‚ astronomy‚ mathematics and seamanship in his early life. Hudson was on three voyages to try and find the Northeast passage. The first voyage The Muscovy Company financed the expedition and provided
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Henry Hudson was an English explorer‚ who sailed along the North East coast of North American. His early life is unknown‚ for there is not even a record of the year he was born. His final days are a mystery‚ after his mutinous crew set him adrift in the bay that bears his name‚ June 1611. It is believed that he could have been the grandson of a London alderman who helped found the Muscovy Company‚ which is a trading company. Hudson took four voyages beginning in 1607 and continued to1611‚ making
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In 1812‚ The Hudson’s Bay Company successfully merged with its rival the North West Company‚ taking over the name of the Hudson’s Bay Company but the North West Company gaining ownership of 55 shares‚ it resulted to the most powerful fur trading entity in the world‚ spanning the continent - all the way to the Pacific Northwest (Oregon‚ Washington and British Columbia) and the North (Alaska‚ Yukon‚ Northwest Territories and Nunavut). The Hudson’s Bay Company gained the North West Company’s most valuable
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Henry Hudson Henry Hudson was an English explorer and navigator in the 17th century. He was born in 1570 in England‚ His family was pure English. He had no recorded siblings. Because Hudson appears first in written records in 1607 and his life prior to his expeditions is unrecorded. Nothing is known up to this point. Considering his eventual position as ship ’s captain‚ however‚ he likely spent many of those early years at sea. He probably started as a cabin boy and gradually worked his way up
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