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Hoppner River
The
Hoppner
River
flows
northward
from
Wollaston Peninsula
into
Dolphin and Union Strait
at the
juncture
with the
Amundsen Gulf
in
Nunavut, Canada
.
Long-tailed duck
frequent
the
area
.
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
.