Mississippi River Chain of Rocks Low Water

[@cds957]

I could set and listen to this water rushing for hours, very relaxing, thank you.👍

[@jimmyv1961]

I grew up about two miles from the rocks, on the Missouri side. My friends and I made the occasional expedition down to the banks of the Mississippi. Then, after they closed the old Chain of Rocks Bridge to car traffic and before they made the bridge into a hiking/biking trail, we used to walk across it at night. It was very creepy. During high school, the parking lot near the barrels you’re standing on (that’s what we called them) was a place for huge high school parties. Great memories of that area.

[@alberteinstein3078]

Yup I remember those parties at the barrels.

[@worldstar4810]

@@alberteinstein3078 Psalms 107:33-36 He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into dry, thirsty land. He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there. But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water.

[@alberteinstein3078]

@@worldstar4810 lol

[@jackiepeacock84]

@@worldstar4810 have you seen the videos of the desert shooting out streams of water? Wild stuff. The Bible is the handbook for life. God bless you all.

[@sbrunner69]

That’s a great memory. How do boats and barges pass this area?

[@tylerquinn8927]

This is a factual video. Very well done sir. Don’t let the world get in your way of making more .

[@Gospelmama1940]

We live in Louisiana, across Lake Ponchatrain from New Orleans. I have only seen the Mississippi to a point north of Memphis. Your video of this beautiful scenery is so interesting. I have never known about this and the structure in the river. Thank you!

[@dant6311]

Thank you for taking me to another place. A change in elevation is beautiful. Nice footage with natural sounds!

[@hornetscales8274]

A shame they're letting the Intake Tower fall into disrepair. Seeing a couple holes in the roof was disappointing, and I'm not even a local to that area. (I only learned of them within the last year, and found them to be a rather interesting piece of engineering that was quite decorative) Would be nice to attempt some basic external maintenance.

[@stephensmith1135]

Their to busy trying to keep our southern border opened up for the wold to come and go as they please. They might set aside 10 million dollars to refurbish it but that money will go into somebody,s pocket. Good luck on your vision . I think it could be a good time to do maintenance to it seeing as the water level is so low. This would be up to the army Corp of engineers project. I just don't see Biden , Pelosi, Shumer or Harris even intrested in fixing our infrastructure and landmarks like these. Their more focused on helping the drug cartels and human smuggling then to worry about something this cool. It's a shame to have to put words like this in a reply. I'll still honar all the u.s. presidents because the deserve our respect. And I don't think it's right for folks to talk about our leaders including me . But the further we get into this biden administration bunch and listen to them give speeches aim at other fellow Americans born and raised on American soil and calling us names like extremist and terrorist makes me kinda proud while it makes them look the way they really truthfully are. So I just don't see any federal funding for a project like this. Ukraine comes first in line for any money handouts then I guess its China next. They would father take our emergency fuel instead of cash . That was strategically smart on China behalf. They already said over a year ago that the dragon will cut our heads off. So that was a smart move for china. Nobody seems to care if we get blowed up by China and Russian nukes or not . Why even worry about something we can't do anything about. I can go on se more if you like. I'll stop here. Good luck

[@worldstar4810]

Psalms 107:33-36 He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into dry, thirsty land. He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there. But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water.

[@jdelbrid]

Not sure why this video was suggested by the Tuber's but glad it did. And yes...I approve of the audio. Much better than some of the garbage that others put in the supposedly passes for music. Good job.

[@petehayes8779]

Thank you for this video. Long story short: I have done lots of civil war study, especially from the US Navy point of view with Farragut, Porter and Foote and their troubles on the Mississippi with law water levels. I have never heard of the chain of rocks until this video. Thanks again.

[@stex1985]

The corps of Engineers uses a lot of rocks to make the river sand move around. My friend that has now gone to fishing glory fished the river at Natchez and had many colorful words for the corps work along the river.

[@malachi-]

Go look up "Fort Belle Fontaine," Lewis and Clark, Pike (Pikes Peak) and others have all stayed there before their expeditions, nothing left of it, but was our first Fort west of the Mississippi, and a main trading post, the same location also had French and Spanish forts at one time. Belle Fontaine (Beautiful Fountain - running waters) A couple of reads. "FORT BELLEFONTAINE: THE HAUNTED STAIRCASE" "Old Fort Belle Fontaine - J. Ill. S. H. S. 4:334‑339 (1911)" Some videos of the area, but again, fort is gone.

[@scottodonahoe9505]

Learning curve for every boat Captain and regular users of the Mississippi river . Wing dams for me are a fishing heaven and a night mare for navigation by those who don't know where they are !

[@justinweldon9293]

I was just wondering if there were any smallmouth up against those rocks! Lol

[@scottodonahoe9505]

@@justinweldon9293 Even if there wasn't it looks too juicy to not try !

[@frosthoe]

I live 30 minutes from the Mississippi river and never go to see it anymore. Thanks for posting this. Ill have to drive down for a riverbed walk- mud larking.

[@juteeb4955]

Thank you for letting us hear the beauty sounds of nature!

[@alanmccalla6737]

"Chain of Rocks" is the reason for the name. The steel truss bridge carried "Old Route US 66" across the Mississippi River. It goes about 70 per cent then traffic comes almost to a stop, turn right about 35 degrees and continues into Missouri. Beyond that is Interstate 270 for a reference. I've witnessed the river at two beyond floodstage levels. My old homeland and stomping grounds for 60 some years.

[@markprimas5290]

I remember as a kid in the mid 60s driving/riding across that bridge at night was a rather scary experience. I was born at Alton Memorial blocks away from the river.

[@SamCogley]

More than a few cars went off of that bend.

[@helenetling3977]

I would close my eyes as my Dad drove over that bridge. Scary. I do recall one year the water was so low the entire walkway to the building was visible, it was still in good condition.

[@donnakawana]

I grew up down the street an used to fish as a wee kid with my bamboo pole I made with my Dad... Thanks for filming this... To see it so low is wild...

[@lynadams2220]

WOW! Thanks for sharing. This is a serious situation regarding barge traffic.

[@wendellroginaamburgy7154]

Yep I'm in Indiana and we are having problems getting concrete powder to us... trucks have to go to st Louis to get it even the trains are having problems rail cars are jammed

[@sallys2423]

Barges and other watercraft do not travel over the chain of rocks. There is a channel to the east in Illinois that takes river traffic around this area.

[@alberteinstein3078]

@@sallys2423 it's called the canal.

[@escapewithjay]

Excellent footage of the chain and the towers. Im gonna drop a link on a couple pages I follow. See if I cant help boost the views. Best drone of the area yet, nicely done

[@MaryB_TN]

Thank you so much for this awesome video! I never lived in St. Louis, but had family we'd visit there every summer during the 70s. My aunt told me all about the Chain of Rocks and for 50 years, I've always wanted to see them. This is the first time I got to see what they look like, so your video is so awesome

[@davidsaylor3582]

Wow....I'm From East Tennessee in the Mountains & Have Always Wondered where the Shoals were in the Wider parts of the Mississippi....This Is Huge & Unlike Anything we Have Around here....It Is Just like Going there in person...Thank you for this Video...Awesome.

[@nate4036]

Heck we have lakes that aren’t this wide here in east TN🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@MaryB_TN]

I'm in Eastern Tennessee, too. But I grew up in San Diego. My grandma, aunt, and uncle lived in St. Louis, so I visited every summer throughout the 70s. My aunt told me about the Chain of Rocks in the river, but this is the first time I've ever actually seen them up close

[@MrSuzuki1187]

Thanks Bowser! As mentioned before, your videos are shot in my childhood stomping grounds.

[@malachi-]

I'm sure you were never stupid enough to go racing around on Riverview when it was still four lanes. 😉

[@davidmccosky3330]

I have fished this area for decades. The fishing is great if you know how to fish it. I have also found 100s of pounds of lead sinkers over the years that i remelt for jigheads and new sinkers.Thanks for making this video.

[@waitaminute7257]

Wow you ain't kidding! I've never even heard of this place before but the first thing I thought when I saw this was Holy Cow I bet there's great fishing in there with a super shallow running crankbait! Lol!

[@mattioder]

Do you fish above or below the rapids?

[@mrsbigbug]

Thanks for the low water, and all, your videos. Have learned so much!

[@debdew7125]

Great video. I'm still learning about the river, towboats and barges. Watched for awhile from Great Spirit Bluff Cliff cam. One cam is on the peregrine falcons nest box and the other cam looks over the river and Lock 7, when it's not falcon nesting season. Saw the tows and barges, then found Lock 19. I'm learning so much from the chatters and mods. Very friendly chat family. They've been talking about the low water levels. Wow! 😧 I've seen other videos of this area. Thanks for the video! Take care.

[@dennisreid9039]

I love to watch the boat pushing barges up the river. I go to the park on the Mississippi River in Memphis to see them working.

[@georgelennon2170]

Thanks for showing this I live in Florida my grandpa lived Granite city and worked at wood river refinery when I'd go visit we'd always end up there thanks

[@Detcaligirl]

This video was amazing. I never imagined seeing this mighty river like I just did. Thank you very much.

[@robr1656]

I hope that historical building can be preserved. It would be a shame to let it go......

[@MrSuzuki1187]

You are one hell of a good drone pilot! And this from an airplane pilot with 30,000 hours aloft.

[@shirleys2295]

Hey, idea for you. turn this into a sleep video. just have it on repeat without your voice it would be great for sleeping. I don't sleep well, but your video of the river over rocks was very soothing. I often need sleep aide this is a good one.

[@margrit7560]

Thank you for no music. The natural sounds are awesome!!!

[@ValerieDee123]

This also happened 30 years ago.

[@rosemarywalker924]

Fantastic video well flown i agree don't need music listen too the mighty Mississipp keeps rolling along thank you. 🙂👍

[@MrVarmitr]

That was great video and river looks very low never seen it from this perspective. Thanks

[@brbertram]

One of coolest areas on the river. Thanks!

[@judyvance4580]

thank you so much, bowser, for this video. i didn't know there were some 17 miles of rock ledges. the geology of the mississippi sure is a lot more complicated than i thought. thank you again.

[@twotone3471]

The River Valley we see now is younger than humans living in North America, formed by the discharge of Glacial Lake Agassiz down the Minnesota River Valley. The Ancestral Mississippi was further East, and had more in common with the Illinois River Valley.

[@judyvance4580]

@@twotone3471 can you recommend a book on this?

[@twotone3471]

@@judyvance4580 I live near the Mississippi RIver myself, and find the lack of love of the geology of the area kind of sad. Living near the New Madrid Fault, if geology is mentioned at all, it's all about the earthquake hazard, unfortunately. But the Mississippi Valley above the confluence of the Illinois river was made by two huge floods, one, the previously mentioned (and stupidly huge) Glacial River Warren creating the Minnesota River, and another Separate Flood down the Saint Croix River, where I have been to and climbed inside "Potholes" formed by the floodwaters myself. The Lake Agassiz event created the Saint Anthony falls (and others) whose erosion upriver has been measured and dates their creation.

[@judyvance4580]

@@twotone3471 thank you so much. i have a dim memory of reading an article about the old channel of the mississippi diverting eastward probably roughly the route of the hennepin canal to join with the illinois in midwest living magazine and written by a geologist? from the illinois natural history survey in urbana. i'll see if i can dig something up.

[@twotone3471]

@@judyvance4580 For Reading, probably a Roadside Geology of Minnesota (where the exciting stuff happened), and the Volume I: Geologic History of Illinois for your part of the river (The Missouri side one kinda is a letdown). Online the article on Sagepub "Geological evolution of the Mississippi River into the Anthropocene" has a wealth of current information, and references to hunt down at your leisure.

[@andyb7754]

WOW, very impressive video. You fly that machine extremely well. Keep up the great videos.

[@briansd2772]

I bet Walleye are stacked up like cord wood right now below this.

[@tommywilliams5140]

I am south around Dyersburg Tennessee thank you for the footage I was curious about what the rocks looked like up there. They are dredging not too far south of us too try and keep traffic open.

[@twotone3471]

Just remember California has a plan to divert a few billion gallons from the Mississippi yearly the same way the do currently with the Colorado.

[@jerrysmith7132]

Portaged around it a few weeks ago! Love your footage!

[@catfishheroes8390]

Thanks for the beautiful footage!

[@lesliebrennan3351]

I grew up just several miles northeast in a little village called South Roxana. One of the great experiences while visiting. Y mother in Alton, was sitting right smack dab on the Mississippi Missouri confluence on a beautiful blue sky'd spring day. Much spirit energy my two rivers colliding. Then there is the legend of the Piasa Bird. But that would be a whole new chapter.

[@lookin4fun84]

We were out on the water Friday in this same spot. Video is great, in person, 20 foot away was unreal

[@riverbendmusicpromotions8114]

Awesome video. I have many arrow heads I've found on the beaches here at low water.

[@GrandmaBev64]

Nice! Some of my best arrowheads, I found on the shore and in the road or trail.

[@efrazier0217]

It would be neat to see the hull of the Gordon C. Greene and other old boat wrecks while the river is this low. Also, might be a good time to clean the river banks of these old wrecks.

[@conniewojahn6445]

Wishful thinking, but good thinking never-the-less. I feel that way about debris on the Colorado river. Of course the authorities cleaned up the dead bodies, but they don't care about anything else.

[@bbariceo]

@@conniewojahn6445 Could be because they initially planted them LOL

[@blitzenization]

Very cool. Soooo much better with the natural sound of the water, compared to music. Made me feel like I was there experiencing it.

[@Tom-xv4lk]

Most of what you see is a low water dam built by the Army Corps of Engineers in the 1960s. It keeps the water high behind it so that barge traffic can get through the canal to the east of the river.

[@markmcarthy596]

Last minute or two is skillfully awesome

[@wythetrumpet6419]

Great drone video! Well done! 👍👌

[@richardbensinger6922]

I remember when there were filming the original Escape from New York film on the bridge.

[@nicotti]

Bowzer, you should walk down to that first wing dam south of the chain, take off, and then fly south past the second wing dam, along the Gaberet side of the channel between Mosenthein Island and Gaberet Island. The ruins of the 1930's Granite City waterworks are there.

[@fishonkayakadventure]

it's actually really, really good for the river to be this low at chain of rocks right now. helps aerate the water and improve water quality and fishing

[@claudermiller]

Except for all the grain harvests that won't be feeding people.

[@garydean0308]

@@claudermiller all barge traffic traverses the Chain of Rocks canal.

[@jeremyowen1]

All I could think when I saw that was "Ohh that looks fishy." I bet that whole chain is juicy during higher flows.

[@iowaqfanboomq4613]

Up in davenport iowa its hard to get the fish to bite when its this low. Any tips from a old salty dog?

[@trkonkal]

Climate change is very natural and can be extreme. Humans haven't been around long to see much.

[@martinnormand7458]

The Mississippi River looks much cleaner there then it does down south!

[@thewayofthewell4547]

Great time for the exposed river bottom to be cleaned up!!

[@danbristow7581]

The old Route 66 Chain of Rocks bridge in the background. Is where Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) made a run for it in the final scene of the movie Escape from New York.

[@wknfriends4138]

Up here in WC Wi on the river, growing up here we spent most of our childhood on the river. I was always told the rock ledges here are called wing dams. Made by the Army Corp of Engineers, as well as the lock and dams. Down river from us near Genoa, is a fine example of this. My Daughter had a foreign exchange student stay with us for a couple of weeks, he lives in France. This was one of the sights he liked the most of all we did while he was here. France is just one of our sister cities. Because our Daughter was taking French at school, this is how we all got involved with the Student Foreign Exchange program. I regret we didn't take him to Alma Wi, one of our favorite go to wknd drives. Looking over the river and the bluffs, I think he would have liked that for sure . But at least he did go to our Capitol in Madison, it ranks right up there on the Capitol list, its just lovely!

[@jppagetoo]

Wow! I looked this place up on Google Earth. Crazy place, very low water. I hope the winter brings enough to help.

[@smytb]

Very nice video!! I used to drive across the Chain of Rocks Bridge when my family went to St.Louis to visit relatives! VERY glad to see that the Chain of Rocks Bridge was NOT destroyed!!! Excellent Video!!! Please keep on making more, to keep us informed! There was a Carnival place on one side of the Chain of Rocks Bridge at one time.....Anyone remember it??

[@jackies56tbird]

Thanks, NOW I know WHY it was called the CHAIN OF ROCKS! I had never seen that before !

[@vinny143]

This video shows the Mississippi River where the 2 inlet towers are... This is "not" where barges pass. Barges pass thru a series of "locks and damns" that are about 1 mile east of location shown in video. While the river is low... Barges continue to navigate , along with dredges digging out a path

[@adastraperaspera7098]

Thanks for sharing.

[@GrandmaBev64]

There's no way to get barges up or down that river! Thank You for showing us

[@alberteinstein3078]

Barges don't travel that way there's a man made canal about 2 miles up river they go around the chain of rocks.

[@Marabella1]

I'm living in the Philippines now for 6 months. I lived near Memphis, Tn. most of my life. Bowser this is a great video of what I have been hearing about the Mississippi River. I've been thinking of getting a drone for a while. Just know which model. What drone do you fly? Thank you, Dave

[@Leo-vf3py]

It reminded me of my old place dam 52 in western KY

[@demonhalo67]

Amazing, the fourth longest river and fifth biggest by volume looks like an extraordinarily wide stream. Unless a great deal of snow and/or rain falls in the northern midwest this winter, next year this river will be in serious crisis.

[@mrbrooks9969]

I believe we're there.

[@sujimtangerines]

And there's a (highly unlikely to ever see light of day even if Miss River wasn't already low flow/drought conditions) plan to divert water from the upper river across & down to the southwest? Hope there weren't too many investors in the Miss 2

[@demonhalo67]

@@sujimtangerines Would be too expensive to build and unreliable as any pipeline would not be able to send water over when the Mississippi is also low. The only answer for the southwest is to steeply cut down on water consumption and stop draining ground aquifers.

[@sujimtangerines]

@@demonhalo67 I live here, trust me - I know. When the Mississippi 2 plan was first floated I laughed my ass off 1) bc the logistics & cost would be exorbitant 2) bc it would only be a bandaid even if were built 3) bc what happens when Miss level drops? Nevada gets 300k acre feet out of 7.5 Million & that'll go down again in 2023 while AZ & **especially** CA continue to act like water is free. AZ to a lesser degree, but NV started planning for this more than 20 years ago, with drastic cuts to usage & improved recycling. (In fact, with almost 1M more residents LV is using 25% less than pre-cut back time.) Unfortunately, CA residents are going to have to re-examine all those golf courses, lush lawns & wasteful water features. That they have plans to refill (to some extent) the Salton Sea boggles my mind. That they're planning more housing developments with water parks, more golf courses, etc makes me angry. That so much of the water they use is for crops to be exported (Almonds & Alfalfa mainly) and continue to sell companies like Nestlé all the aquifer/ground/spring water is disgusting. But yeah, let's sell more farmland to multinational Corps who exploit the regs to take out more water & grow crops for export - especially since their own countries have outlawed growing those crops due to it being too water intensive. I'm not worried so long as the river still flows; even when the level at Lake mead gets so low it can't pump more downstream, we've put the intake valve so low we can make it on just a few feet. It's the others dependent on what won't be there that'll suffer. (And we're offsetting the lost hydro power with solar so we'll be fine there as well.) The whole Colorado River Compact needs to be renegotiated using the info originally provided in the early 1900s by scientist & hydrologists - who tried to tell the politicians about the river's volatile history but were ignored - & adjusting for current/predicted conditions.

[@demonhalo67]

@@sujimtangerines That is all absolutely correct, all of it. CA agro industry needs to cut down or the water level in Mead will just keep dropping. Alfalfa and Almonds should be grown in one of the southern gulf states were temps are good year round and water is abit more plentiful. Keep an eye on lake Powell, it's back on the decline again, down to 3439ft now just 40ft away from no hydro. When we get there the water wars are going to get interesting indeed.

[@gregwilson825]

Excellent work. Thank You!

[@larrybaldridge4078]

The Mississippi River has a lot of history with it

[@jeremyowen1]

Is that a natural feature or man-made? Looks like there might have been a bridge or dam there at some point. Perhaps something to do with that? Edit: Someone else already asked and got an answer. Man-made and its purpose is to keep sufficient water depth for traversing the canal that bypasses chain of rocks.

[@marvindebot3264]

Man that is low! Looks like the right bank intake tower is out of the water.

[@ev1558]

Seems like a good time to start re-cutting the inland waterway.

[@spicencens7725]

Excellent footage thanks! People need to wake up and realize many goods will not be making it to market on a timely basis!

[@fijiguy08]

All over the world water level is dropping really fast and in America there's alot of places where the same thing is happening.

[@jasonscott3151]

Spraying aerosol particulates is causing it.

[@MySteamChannel]

Not here in Australia ATM (the driest continent)...we are flooded!

[@alberteinstein3078]

It won't be like this long.

[@LadyMarie880]

Thankyou for this , was wondering what it look like

[@mlaotn]

Great video. Love the natural sounds. Still no sign of the White Widow sailboat that hung up on the rocks then disappeared.

[@richardbensinger6922]

It was close to that level in the 80's. I have pictures somewhere.

[@mattthatsme8799]

that pink granite is beautiful

[@markwickk]

Great video of the river.. perfect day..ty..

[@davefalls6703]

Great video, very well done indeed.

[@ratcatcher4804]

Not sure how much it eroded. You could walk out to that green pump house when the river did this years decades ago. Looks deep now.

[@alberteinstein3078]

I've lived here all my life 43 years and have never seen it where you can walk out to the pump house interesting.

[@justsomeguy6474]

They looks so different without a sail boat being smashed on them!

[@waynehogue2499]

Great video. Curious about that sailboat that was stuck on these rocks. How was it finally removed?

[@johnharris7191]

The stuck boat sank.There was a storm that caused the river to rise dislodging the boat.They couldn't find it anywhere so concluded it must have sank.I don't know if it was ever recovered.

[@danbristow7581]

Yep ...the insurance company was working with the Corp of engineers and others trying to figure out how to remove it ...and one morning didn't have to worry about it anymore... It had disappeared... They believe it was busted up badly and finally slipped beneath the waves.. .Fun fact: The old chain of rocks Route 66 bridge in the background is where Snake plissken ( Kurt Russell) Ran across in the final scene of the movie Escape from New York.

[@John-od9zp]

The sun is drying out the uphrates river and the other concequence is that all the other rivers are drying up at least till pre winter and spring run off.

[@wc878]

Thats a really cool drone, I see its not affected much by the wind. Do you have a link where you bought it

[@rgarizonahomestead2729]

great footage and please have a great day

[@ForefrontGoldLead]

I'm getting into drones again. Was curious what you're using. I'm practicing on a Holy Stone at the moment. Plan on upgrading soon. Love your footage.

[@ElectraRoadKing]

Gotta love la niña years.

[@gwmappz4]

incredible!!! Thanks

[@Jonesy522]

I’m from st charles mo is always go to Illinois for dirt track racing. So was that a old road leading to that tower? And wonder why those where always in the river too. That don’t teach that in high school

[@alberteinstein3078]

Inlet towers for freshwater

[@paulknight5300]

I love that there no music!

[@aggabus]

1:38 flow??

[@shizanepimp1]

I use to ride dirt bikes out there on granite city side. Was wondering hoe low it was there

[@skraminc]

why didn't they replace the copper clad on that sentinel? it's like just a tiny bit of metal. the damage that empty spot will do, without a cheap fix, is not worth paying someone to refurbish the entire building.

[@skraminc]

also, that is some of the most amazing patina'd copper. there are millions and millions of dollars of industry companies who wish to sell you and to perform that green copper copper but nobody has come up with a concoction to give that fuzzy blue/green of 100+ years of the weather.

[@sharksport01]

@@skraminc Not to be crude, but human urine does it faster than anything.

[@skraminc]

@@sharksport01 on the roof? it was like an 12 square foot patch on the top of the building that they left exposed to the sea and the entire rest of the building is in some modern maintenance 3:18. you can even see the exposed brick for inside vs the sea worthy stone on the chimney. just put like 200 dollars worth of copper sheet over the wood planks. that exposed spot is going to ruin this entire building

[@sharksport01]

@@skraminc Right. I was talking about patina. How to make new copper patinate faster.

[@davejoseph5615]

I wonder what the St. Louis Mississippi river level was on the day of this video? I'm guessing it was a very low level. When we would kayak down the Mississippi we would line up with the water tower on the Illinois side of the river. This would lead us to the top of the main trough of water flowing over the chain of rocks. If the river level was low enough then at the bottom there would be some huge standing waves that you would ride over. I'm not really sure what river level is too low for that route to be safe. At high river levels the river flattens out and the tongue is less distinct. On the Missouri side of the river there were said to be some very dangerous pour-overs that were keepers. People have drowned there. The safest approach was to portage on the Illinois side and walk down the gravel bar.

[@BowzerTowboats]

Check this out it was really low in the minus on the gauge hope the link works waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/07010000/#parameterCode=00065&period=P365D&showMedian=false

[@davejoseph5615]

@@BowzerTowboats Looks like the river level was around -2.6ft on the day of this video.

[@otmargreb6110]

Wow. I was privvy to see The Great Mississippi River many times. Look for gold, folks. It's along the banks! Good luck!

[@aggabus]

2:35 drone What static noise.. How no drone noise

[@craigevery838]

Did they ever find that sail boat that got stuck there?

[@sthpac6910]

Waiting for your new video with the higher water., will there be one?

[@christopherort2889]

Hi. Very cool video. Could you do a backstory as to why it was created, by whom, what's it's purpose etc?

[@sharksport01]

It's in the description

[@ArtStoneUS]

@@sharksport01 with the updated Android app, it's not showing the descriptions

[@sharksport01]

@@ArtStoneUS I see. North of St. Louis there was a 17 mile chain of rock ledges that made the river too shallow for larger boats. The solution was to dig a channel around the chain so barges etc could avoid the danger. The rocks we see here were added to make that channel deeper. (9')

[@paulacomstock3742]

So…no boats barges getting through?

[@sharksport01]

They use the channel.

[@davegeorge7094]

Is that a fault line from the New Madrid quake event?

[@UserName_no1]

What are we looking at here? 5:15 Low water levels? Reminiscent of recent images of the Yangtze. Hope this isn't a harbinger of things to come.

[@larryinews1]

Nice video, but from which direction are you doing this? Meaning, which direction is north and which south? The water is flowing to the right.

[@lynnleigha580]

I see they finally removed that boat, lol! I live in Alton and it's almost scary how low the river has become

[@alberteinstein3078]

Lol that boat only sat out there for a week or so.

[@jeremystory6981]

Wow nice video of the litehouse

[@urbanurchin5930]

Not a light house. It is a "fresh" water intake tower for the city of St. Louis.......the more you know......