# What was the last river you crossed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273 "2013-06-30T17:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/21 "2013-06-30T18:37:33Z")
I cross the River of Lost Souls multiple times a day. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/22 "2013-06-30T18:47:24Z")
Does the Erie Canal count? If not, then the Genesee River. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/23 "2013-06-30T18:49:51Z")
St. John’s River, 1 hour ago. ---
**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/24 "2013-06-30T18:56:32Z")
The Brazos, this morning, but not in Waco. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/25 "2013-06-30T18:56:56Z")
The Mohawk, when I drove up to Saratoga a couple of weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/26 "2013-06-30T18:58:44Z")
The Thet, which ain’t much of a river, but there you go. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/27 "2013-06-30T19:06:03Z")
I cross the Rocky River (just west of Cleveland; probably not the only river in the world by that name) once each way on my daily commute. The Cuyahoga I don’t cross so often right now, but still pretty often. Oddly, neither of them is probably the most recent: I went down to Columbus on Friday, and we probably crossed a few rivers on the way, though I’m not sure offhand what any of them are. I’ve also crossed the Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi, Yellowstone, Rio Grande, Colorado, Columbia, Niagara, Potomac, and Shannon rivers at various times in my life, and floated the headwaters of the Missouri, but none of them recently. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/28 "2013-06-30T19:08:06Z")
The Los Angeles river, recently re-designated as navigable. They are now running kayaks down it. Cement sides for most of it’s length and I doubt it is 2 ft deep. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/29 "2013-06-30T19:11:30Z")
Snake. Three days ago. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/30 "2013-06-30T19:15:57Z")
The last river I crossed (yesterday) was the Rouge River, on the eastern boundary of Toronto. All subsequent streams have been too small to be named “river” (Lynde Creek, Oshawa Creek, etc, etc). ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/31 "2013-06-30T19:20:39Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > The Los Angeles river, recently re-designated as navigable. It’s always been navigable. My understanding is that it’s illegal to make an action movie in LA without a car chase down the LA Culvert. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/32 "2013-06-30T19:23:32Z")
The American River twice daily. The Sacramento River several times a week. (mumble grumble stupid central valley drivers) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/33 "2013-06-30T19:29:17Z")
The East River, multiple times daily. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/34 "2013-06-30T19:33:11Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > The last river I crossed (yesterday) was the Rouge River, on the eastern boundary of Toronto. All subsequent streams have been too small to be named “river” (Lynde Creek, Oshawa Creek, etc, etc). If you ever visit southern Oregon, you can cross the Rogue River and you’ll have a matched set. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/35 "2013-06-30T19:34:40Z")
N. Canadian just a few minutes ago. Saw some Red River mud Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/36 "2013-06-30T19:49:06Z")
The Matasnillo River, which runs through the middle of Panama City. It’s essentially an [open](http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2009/06/08/hoy/english/1214905.jpg) [sewer,](http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_17/issue_09/images/Matasnillo_buzzard.jpg) but hopefully that will change once the new sewage treatment plant is in operation next year. The last major river I crossed was the [Chagres,](http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/86934575.jpg) last week. This is a considerably nicer experience. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/37 "2013-06-30T19:49:32Z")
East River, New York. ETA: It actually may have been the Connecticut and/or Thames, in CT. Memory fail! ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/38 "2013-06-30T19:50:28Z")
The Cheat River would have been my last unless you count the Monocacy or Patapsco. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/39 "2013-06-30T19:52:04Z")
I just got back from riding my horse over the [Little River](http://distilleryimage7.s3.amazonaws.com/b3b8b5c6af7e11e28d7822000a1fa48d_7.jpg) bridge. (Lebanon, ME) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/40 "2013-06-30T19:53:38Z")
Just today I crossed the [Indian River](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_River_(Florida)) although despite the name, it’s a lagoon rather than a river. Before that, last week I crossed the St John’s River. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273.md?page=3)