In the early 1770s England's Samuel Hearne became the first European to reach the Arctic Ocean overland from this bay
He had crossed 
the watershed separating the Hudson Bay and Arctic Ocean drainage... [DOC] [TLE] jeremyturcotte | Jeremy Turcotte, Trained Journalist | Page 2 [PAR] He joined the HBC board of directors in 1743 and became Deputy Governor in ... 
Samuel Hearne reached the shores of the Arctic Ocean at Coronation Gulf, near 
what is now Kugluktuk, coming overland from Hudson Bay in 1771; the first 
inland .... After the English Restoration Prince Rupert returned to England, 
serving as... [DOC] [TLE] Page 6 - Ottawa Independent Writers [PAR] elusive route through Canada's Arctic waters.