James Bay

Meaning

Proper Noun

• gulf Nunavut (province) Canada (country) at the southern end of sea, Hudson Bay ocean, 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.
• inlet haven, Inner Harbour harbour, Victoria Harbour city, Victoria Vancouver Island (region) British Columbia (province) Canada (country) on the sea, Salish Sea ocean, Pacific Ocean
• neighbourhood city, Victoria Vancouver Island (region) British Columbia (province) Canada (country), named after the inlet

Origin

• James + bay;
• Named after Thomas James (sea captain), who explored the region in the 1630s
• Named after James Douglas (governor), Governor General of the crown colony of British Columbia