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Moving Grain: Unofficial Start of Upper Mississippi River Navigation Season

Mar 27, 2022 at 01:51 PM CST

On March 21, the 2022 navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River began, as announced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Originating from St. Louis, MO, and pushing nine barges, the Motor Vessel W. Red Harris kicked off the season’s unofficial start: that boat was the first of the season to break through the ice of Lake Pepin (between Mississippi River Lock and Dam 3 and Lock and Dam 4).