Hornaday River
Hornaday River (variants: Big River, Homaday River, Hornaaa River; or Rivière La Roncière-le Noury) is a waterway located above the Arctic Circle on the mainland of Northern Canada.
| Hornaday River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | South of Bluenose Lake (Takipaq), Nunavut |
| Mouth | |
• location | Amundsen Gulf, Northwest Territories |
• coordinates | 69°19′50″N 123°47′41″W |
• elevation | Sea level |
| Length | 190 km (120 mi) |
| Basin size | 13,120 km2 (5,070 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 52.2 m3/s (1,840 cu ft/s) |
The upper reach of a river first discovered in 1868 was named Rivière La Roncière-le Noury in honour of Admiral Baron Adalbert Camille Marie Clément de La Roncière-Le Noury, commander of the Mediterranean Squadron, and president of the Société de Géographie. The lower reach of a river discovered in 1899 was named Hornaday after American zoologist William Temple Hornaday. Decades later, the Roncière and the Hornaday were ascertained to be the same river.
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