Check any reputable published map of rivers in Minnesota and you will see that the Mississippi originates at Lake Itasca, in the northern part of that state. From there, a small stream meanders ...

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People have long appreciated Lake Itasca’s beauty and ... Skeptics believed the dense, swampy marshes around Itasca concealed the true headwaters. The Minnesota Historical Society commissioned ...

Minnesota State Parks and Trails license plates are available, too. Avenza Maps offers easy navigation ... and the cool waters of Lake Itasca. Northeast of Two Harbors, the first of the North ...

(WCCO) --The Minnesota ... Friends of Itasca to host a dedication event Saturday for Itasca State Park's new amphitheater. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the new Lake Itasca ...

In northern Minnesota, not much can beat the pristine ... built six simple timber platforms above the treeline to map the Lake Itasca Basin. Courageous visitors climbed to the top of the ...

lake water pours over rocks at a state park in Northern Minnesota, the source of America’s greatest river. Lake Itasca, at the headwaters of the Mississippi, draws more than half-a-million ...

Around Minnesota ... A map of part of North America by John Mitchell. | Wikipedia // Public Domain All well and good, except that the source of the Mississippi River, Lake Itasca, was farther ...

Gerald and Delina White from the Leech Lake ... Itasca State Park, sharing Anishinaabe traditions surrounding wild rice. The event was coordinated by The Nature Conservancy, the University of ...