Stock image of a map of the Mississippi river and some of its tributaries. The river flows through 10 states, but drains from 32 states and 2 Canadian provinces.

Each year, up to 150 men and boys from ages 7 to forever spend three days and two nights camping, hiking and canoeing on the banks of the Mississippi River. “That’s what camp really is about.

Lake Pepin — the largest lake on the Mississippi River, which stretches roughly from Pepin to Bay City, Wisconsin — provides the longest record of ice cover on the river, starting in 1843 ...