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Telling River Stories: People and Places Along the Mississippi River

Telling River Stories is now a part of the River Life program's River Atlas.

Telling River Stories is a project of the University of Minnesota's River Life Program.

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At its headwaters, the Mississippi is less than 3 feet deep. The river's deepest section is between Governor Nicholls Wharf and Algiers Point in New Orleans where it is 200 feet deep.

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