Talk:James Bay

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James Bay Rivers merge

Merge "James Bay Rivers" to this article proposed - there is already a partial overlap of material and hardly any additional info there.

Merge completed. -- P199 17:07, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seas of the Atlantic

James Bay and Hudson Bay both the Seas of the Atlantic Category but are technically a part of the Arctic ocean. Jcmiller 16:58, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where do you get that? Looking at currents, islands, etc. Hudson Bay seems more closely linked to the Atlantic. The article in Wikipedia claims Hudson Bay is part of the Atlantic. Alanbrowne (talk) 20:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment

I have assessed this as Start Class, as it contains more detail and organization than would be expected of a Stub, and of mid importance, as I do feel that the subject of this article plays a strong role in the understanding of Canada. Cheers, CP 01:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Information Conflict with Akimiski Island

This page indicates Akimiski Island has 3400 people while the page for Akimiski Island says it's currently uninhabited. Which is it? mtffm (talk) 15:00, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bias

It seems a bit backward to say that "James Bay has returned to prominence in recent decades due to the James Bay hydroelectric project". What kind of prominence, and in the eyes of whom? I'm sure it has been consistently prominent in the eyes of the people living there, to whom the damming of the rivers that have supported their cultures for tens of thousands of years is quite painful, and something that is mourned rather than celebrated.

Economic development

James Bay has returned to prominence in recent decades due to the James Bay hydroelectric project. Since 1971, the government of Quebec has built hydroelectric dams on rivers in the James Bay watershed, notably La Grande and Eastmain rivers. Built between 1974 and 1996, La Grande Complexe now has a combined generating capacity of 16,021 MW and produces about 83,000,000,000 kWh of electricity each year, about half of Quebec's consumption. Power is also exported to the United States via a direct transmission high voltage line. The James Bay Project continues to expand, with work beginning in 2010 on a new phase that involves the diversion of the Rupert River.

Elizabeth.L.M. (talk) 18:26, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Right. That whole sentence is vague and pointless. -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 19:54, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Better map

It was not clear to me, where on the planet James Bay is located, after watching the photos on this page. 86.22.65.222 (talk) 12:08, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:James Bay (singer) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 15:01, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Northwest Territories vs. North-Western Territory

This article currently reads, "All of northern Ontario and northern Quebec were part of the Hudson Bay Company's proprietary colony of Rupert's Land, and after Rupert's Land was purchased by Canada in 1869, the area became part of the North-West Territories (NWT)."

Northwest Territories currently states that "the Northwest Territories, a portion of the old North-Western Territory, entered the Canadian Confederation on July 15, 1870. At first, it was named the North-West Territories. The name was changed to the present Northwest Territories in 1906."

It's very possible I'm missing something here. But if Rupert's Land was purchased in 1869, then the Northwest Territories (or the North-West Territories, as they were initially known) didn't exist yet. This region would have become part of the North-Western Territory, a territory which was partitioned the following year into The North-West Territory and The Yukon, and the northern parts of several provinces. I think https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Bay&diff=prev&oldid=1276600244 is in error. Jacobdgm (talk) 03:42, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There seems to be some sloppy wording in both articles. The Hudson's Bay Company conditionally surrendered its lands and governmental rights in Rupert's Land to the British Crown on 19 November 1869. However, for several months it was still not part of Canada and retained the name "Rupert's Land". On 15 July 1870, Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory were transferred to Canada, and on the same date the North-West Territories and the province of Manitoba were created. Timeline of Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory transfer has more details - skip to the 1868 entries for the relevant stuff. Indefatigable (talk) 04:12, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this clarification - your edit makes more sense to me now!

I'm not sure whether I'm the best person to do this, but ideally, the wording on all the articles implicated here can be cleaned up to prevent future editors from being misled as I was. I'll see if I can get to this at some point.

I appreciate you looking over my edit - it's a good thing that the vagueness and imprecision from Northwest Territories has been prevented from spreading, at least in this instance! Jacobdgm (talk) 12:52, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]