Mississippi River | River Thames | Amazon River | Columbia River | Hudson River | Colorado River | Potomac River | river | Ohio River | Missouri River | Delaware River | Murray River | River Tyne | Madeira River | Volga River | River Nene | River Clyde | River Trent | River Severn | Amur River | W. E. B. Du Bois | River Wear | Allegheny River | Red River | Dnieper River | Yarra River | Paraná River | River Tees | Fraser River | Yangtze River |
When using the Bois Brule River route from Lake Superior, the Namekagon Portage provided Indians and earlier traders and explorers with two major options for reaching the Mississippi River as described below.