Kayaking any river for a length of time, you’ll undoubtedly come up with a list of things you try to avoid. You might think that locks and barges would be on this list, but we had no trouble with either of these. Number 1 on our list turned out to be rapids. We learned ratherContinue reading “Stuck on a Stump”
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Locks and Dams: Stairway of the Upper Mississippi
On the Upper Mississippi, there’s a 420-foot drop in water level between St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota and Granite City, Illinois. In 1930, the locks and dams were built to help control all that flowing water, making it navigable for river traffic, including barges transporting goods up and down the waterway. The dams divide the upperContinue reading “Locks and Dams: Stairway of the Upper Mississippi”
Author Barb Geiger 