[Rumbolt]

I live on the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay and I told my wife about reading henry Hudson's last voyage and she (being inuit decent) told me of a man named Milton Freeman who was at the south end of the Belcher Islands during the 1950's or 60's in the area of South Camp. When he was kayaking along the coast he came upon a grave that was not a traditional inuit burial (covered with rocks), it looked to him that it may not have been inuit because it was old and the person was buried in a wooden box then covered with rocks.
My wife said that he made coments about it might be Henry Hudson's grave.

I don't know much truth is to this story but maybe it's posible that he made is way to the south coast of the Belcher Islands????

Allan

[ianadmin]

It's possible, but unlikely that Hudson's crew would have had the wood to build a casket. More likely a crew member from a later explorer or even a whaler. But without knowing more, it can't be ruled out.

Tradition has it that Hudson was abandoned somewhere after the ship left James Bay, but the exact location is unknown. They might have made it that far (Hudson was the first Westerner to spot the islands, in 1610 on his voyage into the bay).

Belcher Islands. Interesting place. Looks like the central dome of a large meterorite or comet strike. Anyone ever determine the reason for the almost perfectly circular formation on the bay?

Sure like to see some photos... of the area even if not the graves. Like to see what it looks like. What do you do there?

Cheers