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Healthy River Healthy You
Healthy River Healthy You!
 
The Healthy River Healthy You podcast helps take steps towards building a healthier lifestyle and river by offering health and environment tips and fun river facts and history while you walk alongside the Mississippi River.

Stop by our Mississippi River Visitor Center to borrow a free pre-loaded iPod or download the podcast and map below.
 
Podcast
Downtown St. Paul
 
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Chapter 1 (9.9mb)
Chapter 2 (7.8mb)
Chapter 3 (13.3mb)
Chapter 4 (16.2mb)
Chapter 5 (16mb)
Chapter 6 (14.2mb)
Chapter 7 (4.9mb)
Chapter 8 (5.4mb)
 
 
Wayfinding Map (512kb)
*It is advised that you take the wayfinding map with you on the walk.

 
Podcast
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A slow and shallow section of Itaska.  

Did You Know?
At the headwaters of the Mississippi, the average surface speed of the water is 1.2 miles per hour. People typically walk 3 miles per hour.

Last Updated: May 30, 2008 at 08:26 EST