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Our journey down the Mississippi River begins. From Lake Itasca, we paddle a couple days through the headwaters staying at a couple campsites along the way.
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One step closer to the beginning of our journey, a few things need to be taken care of before we leave for our trip down Old Man River.
Starting in Minneapolis Minnesota, I meet up with my brothers Dan (http://www.twitter.com/danbragiel) and Paul (http://www.twitter.com/bragiel).
From there, we grab a moving truck and haul our canoes up to the headwaters of the Mississippi River where we regroup, organize and leave the following day.
The trip has officially begun!
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A news clip of my experience kayaking from the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca, Minnesota to Shreveport, Louisiana
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Nicollet Creek is the main inlet to Lake Itasca which is popularly acknowledged as the source of the Mississippi River in north central Minnesota. Were it not for a couple “disconnects” where the water flows underground, one would easily consider Nicollet Creek’s ultimate source to be Whipple Lake, about 2 miles upstream from Lake Itasca.
As the explorer and cartographer J. Nicollet (in 1836) followed this stream to Lake Itasca, he considered it an extension of the Mississippi River – calling it “the infant Mississippi” and “a cradled Hercules.” As a tribute to Nicollet, the creek was given his name as were three lakes along his route – designated Nicollet’s “Upper,” “Middle” and “Lower” Lakes.
This video includes how the Upper and Middle Lakes are connected by underground seepage. A good sequel to this video would show how Nicollet Creek flows uninterrupted from the Middle Lake (officially designated “Nicollet Lake” at the park) to Lake Itasca about a mile away, greatly resembling the Mississippi River where the latter stream leaves Lake Itasca and meanders through a swampy area.
This is pretty obscure historical & geographical stuff, but fascinating to a few folks nonetheless. And, from an examination of his Journals which were not published until 1970, Nicollet probably considered Whipple Lake as his upper lake.
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