Hay River

The town of Hay River is a town of 3,500 people in in northern . It is a drivable northern destination for ice fishing and sport fishing.
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  • Type: Town with 3,610 residents
  • Description: town in Northwest Territories, Canada
  • Also known as: “Hay River (Territorios del Noroeste)”, “Hay River, Northwest Territories”, “Hay River, NWT”, “Xátł’odehchee”, and “乾草河”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Hay River/Merlyn Carter Airport and Diamond Jenness Secondary School.

Aerodrome
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is located 1.5…

School
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is a high school in Hay River, , Canada.

Hay River

Latitude
60.8156° or 60° 48′ 56″ north
Longitude
-115.7866° or 115° 47′ 12″ west
Population
3,610
Elevation
152 metres (499 feet)
IATA airport code
YHY
UN/LOCODE
CA YHY
Open location code
95G6R687+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 107351278
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5972762
Wiki­data ID
Q1013062
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Hay River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر هاي”
  • Asturian: “Hay River”
  • Catalan: “Hay River”
  • Cebuano: “Hay River”
  • Chinese: “海伊里佛”
  • Chinese: “黑河”
  • Dutch: “Hay River”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هاى”
  • Esperanto: “Hay River”
  • Finnish: “Hay River”
  • French: “Hay River”
  • German: “Hay River”
  • Italian: “Hay River”
  • Japanese: “ヘイリバー”
  • Lithuanian: “Hei Riveris”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hay River”
  • Norwegian: “Hay River”
  • Persian: “هی ریور”
  • Polish: “Hay River”
  • Portuguese: “Hay River”
  • Russian: “Хей-Ривер”
  • Spanish: “Hay River”
  • Swedish: “Hay River”
  • Ukrainian: “Гей-Ривер”
  • Ukrainian: “Хей-Рівер”
  • Urdu: “ہے ریور، شمال مغربی علاقہ جات”
  • “Hay River”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: New Town Hay River and Old Town Hay River.

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