Exhibit 99.1

News release via Canada NewsWire, Calgary 403-269-7605

	    Attention Business/Financial Editors:
	    Enerplus announces cash distribution for November 2009

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	    CALGARY, Oct. 30 /CNW/ - Enerplus Resources Fund ("Enerplus") is pleased
to announce that a cash distribution in the amount of CDN$0.18 per unit will
be payable on November 20, 2009 to all Enerplus Unitholders of record on
November 10, 2009. The ex-distribution date for this payment is November 6,
2009.
	    The CDN$0.18 per unit distribution is equivalent to approximately US$0.17
per unit if converted using a Canadian/US dollar exchange ratio of 1.07. The
U.S. dollar equivalent distribution will be based upon the actual Canadian/US
exchange rate applied on the payment date and will be net of any Canadian
withholding taxes that may apply.
	    Holders of Enerplus Exchangeable Limited Partnership Class B units
(formerly Focus Limited Partnership Class B units) of record on November 10,
2009 will be eligible to receive a distribution of CDN$0.0765 per unit on
November 20, 2009 based on the exchange ratio of 0.425 of an Enerplus trust
unit for each Enerplus Exchangeable Limited Partnership Class B unit.
	    Electronic copies of our financial statements, press releases, and other
public information are available on our website at www.enerplus.com.

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	    Gordon J. Kerr
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	    Enerplus Resources Fund
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	    Except for the historical and present factual information contained
herein, the matters set forth in this news release, including words such as
"expects", "projects", "plans" and similar expressions, are forward-looking
information that represents management of Enerplus' internal projections,
expectations or beliefs concerning, among other things, future operating
results and various components thereof or the economic performance of
Enerplus. The projections, estimates and beliefs contained in such
forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties, which may cause Enerplus' actual performance and financial
results in future periods to differ materially from any projections of future
performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, those
described in Enerplus' filings with the Canadian and U.S. securities
authorities.  Accordingly, holders of Enerplus Trust Units and potential
investors are cautioned that events or circumstances could cause results to
differ materially from those predicted.

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	    /For further information: please contact Investor Relations at
1-800-319-6462 or e-mail investorrelations(at)enerplus.com/
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CO:  Enerplus Resources Fund

CNW 06:00e 30-OCT-09