Roseau River
The Roseau River is one of the major rivers in Dominica. With a total length of 13.6 km, it has a drainage basin area size of 33 km2. It rises towards the south of the centre of the island, flowing southwest to reach the Caribbean Sea on the country's southwestern coast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in St George parish, Dominica
- Also known as: “Queen’s River”, “Queens River”, and “River Roseau”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Dominica Museum and Windsor Park.
The Dominica Museum
Museum
Photo: RufusTeleStrat, CC BY 2.5.
The Dominica Museum is the national museum of Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. It is located in the capital, Roseau, on a quay in front of the Old Market of Roseau, which was the centre for slave trading during colonial times.
Windsor Park
Stadium
Photo: SDGibbons, Public domain.
Windsor Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Roseau in Dominica. It serves as the country's national stadium and is used mostly for cricket and association football matches.
Dominica Botanical Gardens
Park
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dominica Botanic Gardens is located on the Caribbean island-nation of Dominica, in the capital of Roseau. Once known as one of the finest botanical gardens in the region, it was severely damaged by Hurricane David in 1979.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roseau and Stock Farm.
Roseau
Photo: RufusTeleStrat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roseau is the capital city of Dominica and has many restaurants, small shops and wonderful views of the mountains and the Caribbean Sea.
Stock Farm
Suburb
Stock Farm or Stockfarm is a northern suburb of Roseau, Dominica. It contains the national prison of Dominica Stock Farm Prison, the Dominica State College and a netball and basketball stadium. Woodbridge Bay and the main port of entry into Dominica lie off Stock Farm.
Castle Comfort
Village
Castle Comfort is a community in Saint George Parish, Dominica. 789 inhabitants live there and in neighbouring Wall House. Castle Comfort is situated 1½ miles southeast of Roseau River.
Roseau River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Saint George Parish, Dominica, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Roseau River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Roseau”
- Cebuano: “Roseau River”
- Chinese: “罗索河”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Roseo”
- French: “Queen’s River”
- French: “Roseau”
- German: “Queen’s River”
- German: “Roseau River”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Ροζό”
- Irish: “Abhainn Roseau”
- Portuguese: “Rio Roseau”
- Spanish: “Rio Roseau”
- Spanish: “Río Roseau”
- Swedish: “Roseau River”
- Uzbek: “Roseau daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Roseau”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trois Pitons River and Fort Young Hotel.
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