Nelson River
River in Manitoba, CanadaWikipedia
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Oct 22, 2026
Christina AustinHOST
Okay.
Christina AustinHOST
Governor Frontenac would not authorize Radisson's voyage, though, to Nelson River, which is, I guess, like at the mouth of James Bay.
Christina AustinHOST
Okay.
Christina AustinHOST
In around there.
Christina AustinHOST
I haven't looked at the map.
Christina AustinHOST
So Chesney had to send Radisson to Acadia for like eight the year, and then they got him on a ship or boat eventually.
Christina AustinHOST
Grassellier was commanding the ship to take him to the Nelson River to get to James Bay to get to Port Nelson.
SimonGUEST
Okay.
Rick HarpHOST
Arguing these breaches date back decades, Tatasqueak alleges Canada failed to protect their right to harvest lake sturgeon in the lower Churchill River.
Rick HarpHOST
They base their claim on moves by Manitoba Hydro, which for five decades diverted 75 to 98 percent of the water from Lower Churchill into the burnt wood Nelson River system for hydroelectric power, diversion which has endangered wildlife and contributed to the collapse of the sturgeon population.
Rick HarpHOST
The nation points to a Manitoba Hydro report from last August acknowledging it had altered sturgeon habitat.
Rick HarpHOST
Filed with the Court of Kings bench in Winnipeg October 15th, Canada and the DFO have until November 4th to respond to Tatuskwiak's claim.
Jules HarlechNARRATOR
When he returned to the fort he learned that cannonading had been heard from farther inland.
Jules HarlechNARRATOR
Evidently the ships had sailed up the Nelson River.
Jules HarlechNARRATOR
Now, across the marsh between the two rivers lay a creek by which Indian canoes from time immemorial had crossed.
Jules HarlechNARRATOR
Taking a canoe and three of his best men, Radisson paddled and portaged over the route to the Nelson.
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Jules HarlechNARRATOR
It is impossible, wrote Louis XIV to Governor La Barre, to imagine what you mean by releasing Gillam's boat and relinquishing claim to the North Sea.
Jules HarlechNARRATOR
At the same time Louis was in a quandary.
Jules HarlechNARRATOR
He would not relinquish the French claim to the North Sea, but he dared not risk a rupture of his secret treaty with England by openly complimenting Radisson's exploit on the Nelson River.
Jules HarlechNARRATOR
Radisson was secretly ordered to go back to the Bay and, unofficially, in his private capacity, restore the Nelson River fur post to the Hudson's Bay Company.