I was in James Bay last summer and the largest creature I saw was a giant mosquito when I was in and around the water and shoreline. I had my flyswatter handy in case any bears came out of the woodwork though...
I don't know what part of the world you live in, but James Bay is not even considered part of Ontario Canada's 'north country'. This is because James Bay is located SO far south.
Yeah, there's bears up there but there's also bears 100 miles north of Toronto, some of which migrate further south into suburbia at times.
You have to remember that the southern tip of James Bay which is located at the bottom end of Hudson's Bay, is only 136 miles north of the 49th Parallel, which is the southern-most extreme latitude of most of Canada and which forms the geographical Canada/US border.
Southern Ontario, being the southern-most part of Canada, sits at the same latitude as northern California but has much warmer winters than northern Cal because of the moderating effects of the Great Lakes all winter long.
I would take bears sleeping on my lawn over Canada Geese anytime!
