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Frank wrote:

> Even better, if you could remember how  it looked then and go back...
> thirty
> years is long enough to show significant  change on a gently-sloping
> shoreline.
>

I don't remember much about it, except that it was a considerable distance
from the shore. Interestingly enough, the first occasion that I was in
Churchill was to take a field geography course with the University of
Saskatchewan; and this is where I first learned about isostatic rebound.
Certainly Hudson Bay is a shallow body of water with gentle sloping
shorelines; at least the southern portion.

I was part of a crew (navigator) delivering a 26 foot pleasure craft from
Churchill to Repulse Bay (at the top end of the NW side of Hudson Bay) in
1986. Coming out of Churchill and up the coast near Eskimo Point (now called
Arviat - 61 N), we had to go so far offshore to avoid the shallows, that we
were out of sight of land. Even at that, one afternoon, as we were steaming
north, I saw ahead of us, what appeared to be rapids. It turned out to be
shallows and reefs and, as I mentioned earlier, you could not see land from
there.

Hudson Bay is a very treacherous body of water. It is shallow, subject to
sudden violent hurricane force gales, relatively uncharted and riddled with
underwater hazards. It is not to be trifled with. Yet, it is a busy little
body of water with ships and barges criss crossing the area delivering cargo
to the isolated communities along its coastline. I have nothing but
admiration for the Masters of the vessels that operate there.

Robert





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