Upper Mississippi River freezes over less than ever, ... Its longest record of ice cover comes from Lake Pepin, a reservoir of the river that stretches 21 miles between Reads Landing and Red ...

The upper Mississippi River as it snakes along Minnesota, ... Records from Lake Pepin dating back to 1843 show that ice thaws about two weeks sooner today than it did then.

The upper Mississippi River as it snakes along Minnesota, ... Lake Pepin, a reservoir of the Mississippi River that stretches 21 miles between Reads Landing and Red Wing, ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers measures Lake Pepin's ice thickness each February to estimate when barges can pass through the Upper Mississippi River. Brandon Olson, right, a survey technician ...

Lake Pepin, a reservoir of the Mississippi River that stretches 21 miles between Reads Landing and Red Wing, Minnesota, is used as an indicator of when commercial shipping can start up again ...

Barge season closes on upper Mississippi River. ... The 2022 season started last March when a vessel broke through the ice on Lake Pepin on its way to St. Paul. This past year, ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, saw the last tow of the 2023 navigation season as the Motor Vessel Thomas Erickson, departed Lock and Dam 10, near Guttenberg, Iowa, Dec. 3 ...

The 2023 season started last March when the Motor Vessel Phillip M. Pfeffer broke through the ice on Lake Pepin on its way to St. Paul. Barges and their motorized tows saved approximately $430 ...

BAY CITY, Wis. (WKBT) -- A project designed to improve the Mississippi river’s ecosystem is set to break ground this summer. It is one of the first of its kind—and it’s happening thanks to ...

Upper Mississippi River freezes over less than ever, ... Its longest record of ice cover comes from Lake Pepin, a reservoir of the river that stretches 21 miles between Reads Landing and Red ...

Lake Pepin, a reservoir of the Mississippi River that stretches 21 miles between Reads Landing and Red Wing, Minnesota, is used as an indicator of when commercial shipping can start up again ...

The lake is a 500-acre backwater lake located in Upper Mississippi River Pool 4 between a string of main channel border ... Ice on Lake Pepin is the last major barrier that prevents tows from ...