The story of Hudson Bay goes back to the fur trade. In 1757 the Hudson's Bay Company set up a trading post beside the Red Deer River, and ruins of it have been found near the village of Erwood. In 1790 the North West Trading Company built Fort Red Deer River at the mouth of the Etomami River.
A settlement grew up over the years. In July 1907 an application was made to form a village called Etomami, a First Nations word meaning "a place that three rivers join." A village needed fifteen occupied houses, and by August the list was complete. B.F. Noble was the first overseer, and the post office opened at the same time. In 1909 the Canadian Northern Railway chose the name Hudson Bay Junction, and the name changed.
The early years were hard, and at one point there was even talk of disorganizing the village, but things improved and the community kept growing. It was incorporated as a town in 1946, and at the first council meeting in 1947 the name was shortened by dropping "Junction." The 1910 cement-block schoolhouse, now a municipal heritage property, houses the Hudson Bay Museum.
Forestry has long been the main employer here, from Canada's first waferboard plant in 1961 to today's wood products industry, and in 1979 the town was named Forestry Capital of Canada. It is also known as the "Moose Capital of the World."
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.