Roseau River (Manitoba–Minnesota)

River in Manitoba, Canada and Minnesota, United States
48°31′44″N 95°12′17″W / 48.5288662°N 95.2046877°W / 48.5288662; -95.2046877 Mouth 
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49°08′38″N 97°15′16″W / 49.14389°N 97.25444°W / 49.14389; -97.25444Length214-mile-long (344 km)Basin featuresProgressionRoseau River→ Red River of the North→ Lake Winnipeg→ Nelson River→ Hudson BayRiver systemRed River of the North

The Roseau River is a 214-mile-long (344 km)[1] tributary of the Red River of the North, in southern Manitoba in Canada and northwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Red River, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay.[2]


The name is from the French for reed, roseau, in turn from the Ojibwe Ga-shashagunushkokawi-sibi, "place-of-rushes river."[3]

The river flows through the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation. It is also the namesake for the community of Roseau River in Manitoba.

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 8, 2011
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roseau River
  3. ^ "Roseau History". www.visitnwminnesota.com.
  • Roseau River Watershed at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency


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