• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

    Mississippi

    National River & Recreation Area Minnesota

Big River Art Contest 2010

Grand Prize Winner - Lily Boland
Big River Journey
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This contest category was open only to students who participated in the Big River Journey. See what they learned on their Mississippi River boat trip through the eyes of the winning artists.
 
Grand Prize Winner - Angelique Tetreault
Caring for the River
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The river provides us with water, recreation, and beauty. Students produced artwork that represents one or more of those themes.
 
Grand Prize Winner - Mairead Howley

Mighty Mississippi
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Students illustrate their knowledge about the Mighty Mississippi--its wildlife, plant life, scenery, and recreation opportunities--and their relationship to the river.

 
Grand Prize Winner - Yang Bee Xiong
Journey to the Falls
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Students demonstrate through their art what they learned during their Journey to the Falls field trip.
 
  • This piece of artwork is the grand prize winner in the Mighty Mississippi category.
    Mighty Mississippi (2010)
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Did You Know?

Lock and Dam Number 1 from a long distance.

At Lake Itasca, the elevation of the Mississippi River is 1,475 feet above sea level. It drops to sea level at the Gulf of Mexico. More than half of that drop occurs within the state of Minnesota.