Hoppner River

{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox river | name = Hoppner River | image = | image_caption =  | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = Canada | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of Mouth | pushpin_map_alt = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Canada]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Nunavut]] | source1_location = | mouth_location = [[Dolphin and Union Strait]]/<br />[[Amundsen Gulf]] | length = >{{convert|70|km|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }} The '''Hoppner River''' flows northward from [[Wollaston Peninsula]] (previously referred to as [[William Hyde Wollaston|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&sid=95e3f6e828e116b80d4cccd93c806bc1&view=text&rgn=main&idno=AJA5418.0001.001 |title=174 POINT CLIFTON.-HOPPNER RIVER |accessdate=2008-10-04 |publisher=umich.edu}}</ref>

The river is one of several landforms named in honour of [[Royal Navy]] officer and [[Arctic exploration|Arctic explorer]] [[Henry Parkyns Hoppner]] who charted the region during [[William Parry (explorer)|William Edward Parry's]] First, Second, and Third [[Arctic]] Expeditions.<ref>{{cite book |title=Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature |last=Taylor |first=Isaac |year=1898 |publisher=Rivingtons |location=London |oclc=4161840 |url=https://archive.org/details/namesandtheirhi00taylgoog |quote=HP Hoppner. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/namesandtheirhi00taylgoog/page/n163 149]}}</ref>

==See also== *[[List of rivers of Nunavut]]

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[[Category:Rivers of the Kitikmeot Region]]