Cape Hoppner

Cape Hoppner

Cape Hoppner is a land point on Melville Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. It juts into the southern section of Liddon Gulf across from Barry Bay.

The cape was named in honor of the Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer Henry Parkyns Hoppner. [cite book |title=Ontario History |last=Ontario Historical Society |year=1910 |publisher=Kraus Reprint Co. |location=Millwood, N.Y. |oclc=22735988 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=RwYVAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA44&lpg=RA2-PA44&dq=%22henry+p.+hoppner%22&source=web&ots=srmSN6zWkJ&sig=tTtqXK8v81cZ0luE_vfBg3oaXBk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result |pages=p. 44] [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=http://books.google.com/books?id=vqgYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=%22HP+Hoppner%22&source=web&ots=gFWoNJzcVo&sig=2Js-cCvKEarvYzzZWr2pXRcqa0A&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result |pages=p. 149]

References

* The Atlas of Canada

External links

* [http://samilitaryhistory.org/lectures/kellett.html 1856 Chart of Arctic Sea: Melville Sound]


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