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Upper Mississippi River Navigation Season Ends

By TJ Nov 30, 2021 | 10:33 AM

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KWNO)-The 2021 navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River has come to an end.  

The Corps says the Motor Vessel Jonathan Erickson was the final tow of the year. It departed St. Paul on Nov. 23.  

The vessel was pushing five barges containing scrap metal and soybeans. The 2021 navigation season began on March 19 and the corps says it typically ends in the final week of Nov. or the first week of Dec.  

Earlier this month, the corps announced maintenance projects for six lock and dams along the Upper Mississippi River.  

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