Shifting river islands

Minneapolis has a long history of its Mississippi River islands appearing and disappearing. Shifting river levels from runoff or dam projects, construction, and dredging are some of the reasons. This map shows multiple islands that used to exist in the central part of the riverfront; others have appeared and disappeared in upriver and downriver portions of the river.

January 4, 2016 at 4:13PM
(Jim Foster/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(Jim Foster/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Mark Boswell

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Mark Boswell is Deputy News Graphics Director at the Minnesota Star Tribune and has over 30 years experience as a visual journalist, illustrator and writer.

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