Horn River formed along the middle course of the Horn River, and is followed downstream by the "Second Lake". The river turns south-west, where the "Mink Lake" is formed along its course. The Laferte River also flows into the Mink Lake. Horn River then flows south, and it receives the waters of the Bluefish River before it empties into the Mackenzie River, downstream from the Great Slave Lake), immediately upstream from Mills Lake, at an elevation of . The arch made by the river defines the "Horn Plateau", a flat elevated area that rises up to ) to the north and east,
Mackenzie River (electoral district) meridian in the system of Dominion Land surveys, and on the north by the continental shore of the Arctic Ocean. Mackenzie River (electoral district) Mackenzie River was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1963. This riding was created in 1952 when Yukon—Mackenzie River riding was split into two. The parts within the Northwest Territories became Mackenzie River riding. It was abolished in 1962 when it was merged into Northwest Territories riding. It consisted the Provisional District of Mackenzie bounded on the west by the Yukon