Jean: terrific piece; thank you! Also so great to see you at Itasca b/c I remember the picture of you diving off the HoP tower at mile 0! My daughter, Sammi, and I finished our S2S the day before Thanksgiving 2021 after 100 days on the river.
Super article, Jean-Canot! I have wondered about this for years and the discrepancy has bothered me since my thru paddle. I knew some of it had to do with just the natural changing river (oxbows etc) but appreciate all this background. Way to put your inquiring mind to work👍
Thanks Ann! And good to hear from you! I do wonder why Itasca State park chooses to keep the sign up with the old length. Probably just for historical reasons I suppose!
Wonderful to see an email from Canoe Rambler this morning! Thank you for a very informative and well written lesson about the Mighty Miss. The levees and cut offs are certainly being tested this spring.
Thanks - I am sharing this with Two Paddles - a group that will try to break the record for paddling the length pf the Mississippi - so your topic how long is the river is very appropriate and I THINK THEY WILL LOVE IT
Haha yes I remember you of course!! I still have to get you a copy of that book you wanted. I didn't forget! Good to hear from you, I am going to be following the Mississippi River speed record of course!
You have turned into quite the writer. This is a very well-written and well-researched article. I hope you can do more than just post it on this blog, like maybe publish it in a history or geography journal.
J-C - thanks for an interesting and informative article on the length of the Mississippi! It’s nice to hear from The Canoe Rambler again.
Happy to be back! I hope to do more of these. Plus... some other big news coming shortly!
Definitely brought a smile this morning! Much thanks!
What a treat to find this in my inbox!
Wonderfully written and informative. Thank you!!
River was highest I have seen in over 20 years on the river
It is 17 steps down to the river's edge and still drops more in summer time
but this year was up seven stairway steps - normal high is bottom of staircase
Jean: terrific piece; thank you! Also so great to see you at Itasca b/c I remember the picture of you diving off the HoP tower at mile 0! My daughter, Sammi, and I finished our S2S the day before Thanksgiving 2021 after 100 days on the river.
Super article, Jean-Canot! I have wondered about this for years and the discrepancy has bothered me since my thru paddle. I knew some of it had to do with just the natural changing river (oxbows etc) but appreciate all this background. Way to put your inquiring mind to work👍
Thanks Ann! And good to hear from you! I do wonder why Itasca State park chooses to keep the sign up with the old length. Probably just for historical reasons I suppose!
Wonderful to see an email from Canoe Rambler this morning! Thank you for a very informative and well written lesson about the Mighty Miss. The levees and cut offs are certainly being tested this spring.
Thanks - I am sharing this with Two Paddles - a group that will try to break the record for paddling the length pf the Mississippi - so your topic how long is the river is very appropriate and I THINK THEY WILL LOVE IT
ROLAND RING-JARVI ANOKA,MN
WE MET YOU ON YOUR TRIP
Haha yes I remember you of course!! I still have to get you a copy of that book you wanted. I didn't forget! Good to hear from you, I am going to be following the Mississippi River speed record of course!
Great - thanks - looking forward to the record attempt - river is high so that will help
You have turned into quite the writer. This is a very well-written and well-researched article. I hope you can do more than just post it on this blog, like maybe publish it in a history or geography journal.
River is very high here in Anoka, MN about 30 miles north of Minneapolis and St. Paul
Haven't seen it this high since 2001 - lots of water moving fast.
How far was the water from your house when it crested??