Roes Welcome Sound

Roes Welcome Sound
Countries Canada
Max. length 290 km (180 mi)
Max. width 24 to 113 km (15 to 70 mi)
Settlements Uninhabited

Roes Welcome Sound is an Arctic Ocean waterway in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Foxe Basin and opens north to Repulse Bay. It is situated between the mainland and Southampton Island, 200 km (120 mi) north of Marble Island.[1] Roes Welcome Sound measures 290 km (180 mi) long, and 24 to 113 km (15 to 70 mi) wide.[2]

It is named after Sir Thomas Roe, friend and sponsor of explorer Luke Fox's 1631 Arctic voyage.[3][4] Capt. Parry, trying to find the Northwest Passage during his 1821 voyage, wrote:[5]

"On an inspection of the charts, I think it will also appear probable that a communication will one day be found to exist between this inlet (Prince Regent's) and Hudson's Bay, either through the broad and unexplored channel called Sir Thomas Roe's Welcome, or through Repulse Bay, which has not yet been satisfactorily examined."

Roes Welcome Sound is a bowhead whale migratory path, discussed in W. Gillies Ross' 1974 published paper, Distribution, Migration, and Depletion of Bowhead Whales in Hudson Bay, 1860 to 1915.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Marble Island, experience the mystery". marbleisland.ca. http://www.marbleisland.ca/history03.html. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
  2. ^ "Roes Welcome Sound". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. http://www.bartleby.com/69/72/R03972.html. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
  3. ^ "Thomas James and Luke Foxe". princeton.edu. http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/james-foxe.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
  4. ^ "JSTOR: The History of American Ornithology before Audubon". http://www.google.com/search?q=Since+Fox+penetrated+to+the+western+part+of+Hudson+Bay%2C+discovering+the+strait+and+shore+known+as+%22Sir+Thomas+Roe%27s+%281581+%3F-1644%29+Welcome%2C%22+it+seems+likely+...&btnG=Search&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=Qg4. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
  5. ^ Smucker, Samuel Mosheim; Allison, W.L. (1886). Arctic explorations and discoveries during the nineteenth century. Being detailed accounts of the several expeditions to the north seas, both English and American, conducted by Ross, Parry, Back, Franklin, M'Clure, Dr. Kane, and others, including the long and fruitless efforts and failures in search of Sir John Franklin. Ed. and completed to 1855. New York: J.W. Lovell. OCLC 1580359. http://books.google.com/?id=aJEBAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Roe's+welcome%22. 
  6. ^ Ross, W.G. (1974). "Distribution, Migration, and Depletion of Bowhead Whales in Hudson Bay, 1860 to 1915". Arctic and Alpine Research (JSTOR) 6 (1): 85–98. doi:10.2307/1550373. JSTOR 1550373.