# What rivers have you crossed in your life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286 "2013-06-30T21:03:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/21 "2013-07-01T13:30:38Z")
Styx ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/22 "2013-07-01T14:27:06Z")
> [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#): > > Come to think of it, I’m pretty sure I’ve walked on a bridge across the Charles River. If you are talking about the Charles Bridge in Prague, the river is the Vltava. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/23 "2013-07-01T15:41:49Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > If you are talking about the Charles Bridge in Prague, the river is the Vltava. Yeah, done that one too. Many times. Also the Aare in Bern, Switzerland. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/24 "2013-07-01T16:02:08Z")
Mississippi and pretty much every river between it and the Atlantic, also every river on the Gulf Coast between it and Houston. ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/25 "2013-07-01T16:31:33Z")
I once illegally swam into Mexico from Big Bend, so I guess I can cross the Rio Grande off the list 😉 Merrimack (NH, MA) many, many times. Pemigewassett (NH) Winnipesaukee (NH) Salmon Falls (NH, ME) Piscataquog (NH) Many times Piscataqua (NH, ME) often Do they get confused with one another? No not at all :rolleyes: Mississippi Missouri Ohio Tennessee Snake Columbia Colorado St. Lawrence Niagara (NY, ON) Detroit (MI, ON) Chicago (IL) Hudson (NY) Harlem (NY) East (NY) Passaic (NJ) Hackensack (NJ) Raritan (NJ) Delaware (NY, PA, NJ, DE) Susquehanna (PA, MD) Potomac (WV, MD, VA, DC) James (VA) Connecticut (CT, MA, NH, VT) Housatonic (CT) Thames (CT) Quinnipiac (CT) Penobscot (ME) Saco (NH, ME) Androcscoggin (ME) Kennebec (ME) Charles (MA) Savannah (GA, SC) St. Johns (FL) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/26 "2013-07-01T16:36:09Z")
Let’s see… N. America: Brazos Trinity San Jacinto Colorado San Antonio Guadalupe Frio Hudson East River (does it count?) Missouri Mississippi Charles Mystic (on a train) Saugus (on a train) Chattahoochee Red River Kansas Cimarron Petaluma Elsewhere: Thames (London) Vltava (Prague) Danube (Budapest) Seine (Paris) Cherwell (Oxford) Cuale & Ameca Rivers (Puerto Vallarta) Cam (Cambridge) Humber/Ouse/Trent (somewhere on the way to York) Tyne & Tweed (on way to Edinburgh) Tay, Dee & Don (on way to Aberdeen & nearby) Spey Avon (both the English and Scottish ones) Dee (outside Chester) Tiber (Rome) Arno (Florence) That’s all I can think of- there are certainly more that we drove across and I just don’t recall or that I didn’t spot on the maps. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/27 "2013-07-01T16:41:24Z")
Detroit River both over and under Mississippi Potomac Niagara Ohio ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/28 "2013-07-01T16:46:59Z")
Statewise, off the top of my head: Alaska (excluding the Yukon and Copper, already mentioned): Susitna Little Susitna Montana Willow Matanuska Knik Portage Kenai Russian Twenty Mile Tanana Nenana Chena Nabesna Eklutna Eagle Chilkat Oregon: Willamette Columbia John Day Hood Deschutes Clackamas Coos Rogue I’ll stop there, as this could get very lengthy. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/29 "2013-07-01T17:06:55Z")
River crossings others have not posted yet Magadalena (Colombia) Rio Otún (Colombia) Holston (TN - major tributary of the Tennessee River) French Broad (NC - joins the Holston to form the Tennessee River) ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/30 "2013-07-01T17:17:31Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Let’s see… > Avon (both the English and Scottish ones). Avon derives from the ancient British word for river; \* abona\*, so you’ve crossed the River River. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/31 "2013-07-01T18:12:49Z")
As I’ve been in every state of the union except MS and AL, I think I must have crossed ever major river in the US except any Alaskan rivers outside the panhandle. I’ve also crossed the Vancouver River and the Fraser River in BC and the St Lawrence and Niagara Rivers in Ontario. I must have crossed every river in Newfoundland (excluding Labrador), but I don’t recall any major rivers there. In Europe I’ve crossed, the Thames, the Seine, the Tiber, the Danube, and any rivers you’d cross on a train from Paris to Copenhagen, Malmo to Stockholm, or Stockholm to Bergen through Oslo. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/32 "2013-07-01T20:01:03Z")
Hudson Mohawk Schroon Charles Niagara Connecticut Potomac\* Delaware St. Lawrence Thames (in CT) Thames\* (in the UK) Peconic Seine\* St. John River\* Chicago Savannah Roanoke East Branch Croton River Schoharie Creek Susquehanna \*On foot ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/33 "2013-07-01T20:29:56Z")
Just like Patton, I pissed in the Rhine. Major Rivers outside of US: Tigris Thames Rhine Danube Elbe Mosel Seine Main Inside: Delaware Hudson East Harlem Raritan Mississippi Ohio Potomac James Charles St Lawrence I’m sure there are a few major ones I missed. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/34 "2013-07-02T00:52:41Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Oh geez, too many to count. I’ve driven coast to coast and border to border several times, so I guess I’ve crossed most of the “major” rivers in the US. Yeah, me too. The only ones I thought were important was the first time I crossed the Mississippi and the first time I went under the Hudson. (Lincoln Tunnel when I moved to NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286/35 "2013-07-02T01:06:41Z")
Many many. There is a creek in Southern Germany called Donaueschingen that is, I have always assumed the source of the Danube, so I can count that. Switzerland: Limmat, Sihl, Aare, Saane England: Thames, Cam, doubtless others Canada: St. Lawrence, Riviere des Prairies, Thames, Detroit, … US: Delaware, Schuylkill, Hudson, East, Harlem, Susquehanna (crossed many times over the Conowingo Dam), Ohio, Chicago, James (VA), Charles (MA), Mississippi, Columbia, many others and, in the ante-google days, I walked halfway across the Golden Gate bridge–and back–in the company of Sergei Brin. Just thought I’d add that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rivers-have-you-crossed-in-your-life/662286.md?page=1)