It connects Repulse Bay to the west with Foxe Basin to the east.
[1] In 1615 Robert Bylot was blocked by ice at its east end.
[2][3] He sailed north through Roes Welcome Sound to Repulse Bay.
In 1821 William Edward Parry passed the strait with no difficulty.
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