The Mouth of The Hudson Strait

from The Orcadians of Hudson Bay by Graham Rorie

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Two Jigs - The Mouth of The Hudson Strait and Login’s Well. The Hudson Strait is the only entrance to Hudson Bay and is only navigable during late summer and early autumn as the ice is too thick during the rest of the year. At one time the Hudson Strait was mistakenly believed to be the Northwest Passage but was explored properly in 1610 by Henry Hudson, after whom it was later named. When Dr John Rae first crossed the Atlantic for Canada and entered the Hudson Strait in July 1833 he noted the “beauty and purity, vastness and variety” of the icebergs around the opening of the passage. This feeling was short lived as the ship he was on, The Prince of Wales, became stuck shortly afterwards for two weeks before the ice finally broke up.

Login’s Well, situated in Stromness, provided water for ships from the Hudson’s Bay Company for more than two hundred years. It also equipped captain Cook’s ships ‘Endevour’ and ‘Discovery’ in 1780. In 1845, Sir John Franklin stopped in Stromness to stock up his ships ‘Erebus’ and ‘Terror’ before their expedition that would go on to play a huge part in the life of Dr John Rae. The well was sealed in 1931.

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Graham Rorie Glasgow, UK

Orcadian fiddle and mandolin player Graham Rorie is an award-winning folk musician based in Glasgow.

As well as being a founding member of folk band Gnoss, Graham has recently collaborated with pianist Rory Matheson for an album titled, We Have Won The Land as well as releasing his own solo record, The Orcadians of Hudson Bay, available here! ... more

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