Nelson River issues from the north end of Lake Winnipeg in Canada, and, after a north-easterly course of 400 miles through Keewatin, falls into Hudson Bay. It discharges an enormous quantity of water, and is navigable for 127 miles from its mouth, though only some 70 or 80 miles for large steamers. For the railway from Winnipeg, see HUDSON BAY.
Nelson River
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 434
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