Roseau River (Manitoba–Minnesota)

This article is about the river located in Manitoba and Minnesota. For other uses, see Roseau River (disambiguation).

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]

Roseau River
The Red River drainage basin, with the Roseau River highlighted
Mouth of the Roseau River
Native name	Gaa-zhaazhaaganashkokaawi-ziibi (Ojibwe)
Location
Countries	United States, Canada
State/Province	Minnesota, Manitoba
Counties	Roseau, Beltram, Lake of the Woods Counties, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	48.5288662°N 95.2046877°W / 48.5288662; -95.2046877
Mouth
• coordinates	49°08′38″N 97°15′16″W
Length	214-mile-long (344 km)
Basin features
Progression	Roseau River→ Red River of the North→ Lake Winnipeg→ Nelson River→ Hudson Bay
River system	Red River of the North

The name is from the French for reed, roseau, in turn from the Ojibwe Gaa-zhaazhaaganashkokaawi-ziibi, "river where it is abundant with emerging rush"^[3] for the upper Roseau River. The lower Roseau River and South Fork Roseau River are named Okwewanashko-ziibi in Ojibwe.^[4]

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

• List of Manitoba rivers
• List of Minnesota rivers
• List of longest streams of Minnesota