Hudson Strait

[1] English navigator Sir Martin Frobisher was the first European to report entering the strait, in 1578.

He named a tidal rip at the entrance the Furious Overfall and called the strait Mistaken Strait, since he felt it held less promise as an entrance to the Northwest Passage than the body of water that was later named Frobisher Bay.

The first European to explore the strait was George Weymouth who sailed 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) beyond the Furious Overfall in 1602.

Hudson was followed by Thomas Button in 1612, and a more detailed mapping expedition led by Robert Bylot and William Baffin in 1616.

[4][5] The Hudson Strait links the northern seaports of Manitoba and Ontario with the Atlantic Ocean.