# Roscoe River

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River in Canada

Roscoe River Location Country Canada Physical characteristics Mouth • location Amundsen Gulf • coordinates 69°39′51″N 120°57′27″W / 69.66417°N 120.95750°W / 69.66417; -120.95750 (Roscoe River (mouth)) • elevation Sea level

The **Roscoe River** is a [waterway](/source/Waterway) located above the [Arctic Circle](/source/Arctic_Circle) on the mainland of [Northern Canada](/source/Northern_Canada).

It originates at [68°41′55″N 120°12′35″W / 68.69861°N 120.20972°W / 68.69861; -120.20972 (Roscoe River (head))](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Roscoe_River&params=68_41_55_N_120_12_35_W_type:waterbody_region:CA-NU&title=Roscoe+River+%28head%29) in western [Kitikmeot Region](/source/Kitikmeot_Region%2C_Nunavut), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), northwest of [Bluenose Lake](/source/Bluenose_Lake). The river passes through the [Melville Hills](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melville_Hills&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Tuktut Nogait National Park](/source/Tuktut_Nogait_National_Park) in the [Northwest Territories](/source/Northwest_Territories), before emptying into [Amundsen Gulf](/source/Amundsen_Gulf) at its juncture with [Dolphin and Union Strait](/source/Dolphin_and_Union_Strait), between Deas Thompson Point and Tysoe Point.

## History

During the [Stefánsson](/source/Vilhjalmur_Stefansson)-[Anderson](/source/Rudolph_Martin_Anderson) [Arctic](/source/Arctic) [expedition](/source/Exploration) of 1908–12, expedition party members found [Inuit](/source/Inuit) village ruins near the river.[1]

## See also

- [List of rivers of the Northwest Territories](/source/List_of_rivers_of_the_Northwest_Territories)

- [List of rivers of Nunavut](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Nunavut)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Stefansson_1-0)** Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). [*The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report*](https://books.google.com/books?id=-NhBAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Roscoe+River%22&pg=PA305) (Digitized October 9, 2007 ed.). American Museum of Natural History. pp. 226, 305. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [13626409](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/13626409).

- Information on Roscoe River from the [Atlas of Canada](/source/Atlas_of_Canada)

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