EXHIBIT 23.3
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                           SPROULE ASSOCIATES LIMITED

                                                 December 7, 2006

Enerplus Resources Fund

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS

         We  hereby  consent  to  the  incorporation  by  reference,   in  this
Registration  Statement of Enerplus  Resources Fund (the  "Registrant") on Form
S-8 (the "Registration  Statement"),  of the Annual Report of the Registrant on
Form 40-F,  dated March 7, 2006,  for the year ended  December 31, 2005,  which
document makes reference to our firm and our report entitled "Evaluation of the
P&NG  Reserves of Enerplus  Resources  Fund (As of December 31,  2005)",  dated
February 28, 2006, evaluating the Registrant's oil, natural gas and natural gas
liquids interests effective December 31, 2005.


                                         Sincerely,


                                         /s/ R. Keith MacLeod
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                                         Name:   R. Keith MacLeod, P.Eng.
                                         Title:  Executive Vice-President


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