# Ross River

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A river in northern Queensland, Australia, flowing through the city of Townsville.
2. A tributary of the Eastmain River in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.
3. A tributary of the Pelly River, Yukon, Canada.

## Etymology
* (Queensland): Named in 1864 after William Alfred Ross (–1887), first publican of the settlement who later became a mayor of Townsville in 1868.
* (Yukon): Named in 1843 by Robert Campbell after Donald Ross, a chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ross-river