38°18′N76°10′W / 38.3°N 76.17°W /38.3; -76.17 (Honga River)
| Honga River | |
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 Honga River Watershed | |
| Native name | Kahunge (Powhatan) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| Region | Eastern Shore |
| Cities | Hoopersville,Bishops Head,Wingate,Crapo,Church Creek |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Church Creek, Maryland |
| Mouth | Chesapeake Bay |
• location | Hooper's Island |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Wallace Creek, Spicer Creek |
| • right | Worlds End Creek, Fox Creek |
TheHonga River is anestuary on the eastern side of theChesapeake Bay, bounded on the west byHooper's Island and on the east by the mainland ofDorchester County, Maryland.[1][2] 14 miles (23 km) in length and over 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, it runs southeast to the west entrance of Hooper Strait, north ofTangier Island; theHooper Strait Light stood between the two.[2] Towns on the river includeCrapo,Fishing Creek andWingate.
The Honga River is actually the widened, southern end of astrait that also includes Slaughter Creek, Upper Keene Broad, Dunnock Island Creek, and Lower Keene Broad.
The river was sometimes called "tunger" or even "Hungary" River,[3] Historians hold, however, that the name is derived from thePowatan wordkahunge meaning "goose".[4][5] The Honga was a historic center of the oyster fishery in the bay and continues to be popular with sport fishermen.
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