Editing James Bay (section)

===Islands===
James Bay contains numerous islands. The largest of the islands is [[Akimiski Island]], which covers {{convert|3002|km2}}.<ref name="Tikkanen">{{cite web |last1=Tikkanen |first1=Amy |title=James Bay |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/James-Bay |website=Encyclopedia Britannia |publisher=University of Chicago |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>

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). In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Canada transferred much of the NWT to Ontario and Quebec, thus forming modern northern Ontario and northern Quebec. However, all of the islands in Hudson Bay and James Bay remained part of the NWT.<ref name="Tikkanen"/>  Following the partition of the NWT in 1999, the islands in Hudson Bay and James Bay were transferred to the new territory of [[Nunavut]].