Hoppner River Explained

Hoppner River
Pushpin Map:Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Territory
Subdivision Name2:Nunavut
Mouth Location:Dolphin and Union Strait/
Amundsen Gulf
Length:>70km (40miles)

The Hoppner River flows northward from Wollaston Peninsula (previously referred to as Wollaston Land) into Dolphin and Union Strait at the juncture with the Amundsen Gulf in Nunavut, Canada. Long-tailed duck (Harelda glacialis) frequent the area.[1]

The river is one of several landforms named in honour of Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer Henry Parkyns Hoppner who charted the region during William Edward Parry's First, Second, and Third Arctic Expeditions.[2]

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68.9769°N 117.7306°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 174 POINT CLIFTON.-HOPPNER RIVER . 2008-10-04 . umich.edu.
  2. Book: Taylor, Isaac . Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature . 1898 . Rivingtons . London . 4161840 . HP Hoppner. . 149.