# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/61 "2013-06-30T23:42:15Z")
I cross the Mighty Wascana (Creek) pretty much every day, on the Albert Street Bridge, which made it into the Guiness Book of Records as the longest bridge over the narrowest watercourse in the world. If you insist that the word “river” must appear in the name to qualify for this thread, then the last two rivers I crossed, a couple of weeks ago, were the [North Saskatchewan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_River) at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and the [Qu’Appelle River](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%27Appelle_River) in the Qu’Appelle Valley. “Qu’Appelle” is a contraction of “Qui appelle?”, which means “Who’s calling?” in French. The story is that a French-Canadian voyageur was paddling home to his Indian wife, and kept thinking that he heard someone calling his name. He kept saying, “Qui appelle?” When he got home to his camp, he was met with the news that his wife had died of a fever, and for the last several hours, had been calling his name… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/62 "2013-06-30T23:44:04Z")
I’m glad to see that so far no one has crossed the river of no return. ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/63 "2013-06-30T23:51:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The Willamette River in Portland, yesterday. Damnit, he stole my answer. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/64 "2013-06-30T23:56:10Z")
> [@picker](#): > > The American River twice daily. The Sacramento River several times a week. I cross the American twice a day during the week. I haven’t gone too far this weekend, so Friday afternoon’s crossing would be the most recent. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/65 "2013-07-01T00:06:25Z")
The [Colorado River](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River), somewhat downstream from [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:California_Zephyr_Colorado_River_Western_Colorado.JPG). It runs through town. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 1, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/66 "2013-07-01T00:06:40Z")
The River Styx ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/67 "2013-07-01T00:10:19Z")
I crossed the Cuyahoga sometime around noon, but damn if I know exactly when it was. I didn’t see a fire, and it was a long bridge. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/68 "2013-07-01T01:13:35Z")
The Schuylkill, this morning. We Philly pholks will point and laugh as the non-natives try to figure out how the heck to pronounce that. Yeah, there are a few silent letters. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/69 "2013-07-01T01:20:01Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > … there are a few silent letters. Right - S, C, H, U and Y are silent, the L is pronounced like “School”, and the rest is normal. ---
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/70 "2013-07-01T01:41:26Z")
The famous Red Cedar, generally cross it a couple times a day. On the banks of the Red Cedar There’s a school that’s known to all; Its specialty is winning, And those Spartans play good ball… ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/71 "2013-07-01T01:42:34Z")
Another for the Harlem, the cute little channel that divides Manhattan from the Bronx and the mainland of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/72 "2013-07-01T01:46:15Z")
I cross the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh, PA twice per day, every weekday and every other Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/73 "2013-07-01T01:49:15Z")
I cross the [Des Plaines river](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Plaines_River) twice a day during the week on the way to and from work. Probably twice a month I make a similar trip on the weekends. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/74 "2013-07-01T01:51:35Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > . . .and floated the headwaters of the Missouri, but none of them recently. I just googled the headwaters in Montana. It looks broad and placid and blue there. Must be a great place to paddle. Driving into Chamberlain, SD from the east you come over some rolling prairie hills and there it is below - a wide spread of the most beautiful shade of earthy turquoise. In August anyway. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/75 "2013-07-01T01:51:42Z")
The Delaware River. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/76 "2013-07-01T02:02:39Z")
I crossed a lot of rivers yesterday on my drive from North Carolina to West Virginia. The last one was the Cheat River. It’s actually called Cheat Lake where I-68 goes over it, but really there’s a river under (or over?) that lake. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/77 "2013-07-01T02:23:54Z")
I cross the Minnesota River every week day going to and from work. Occasionally I take a walk at lunch time over the 3rd Ave Bridge in downtown Minneapolis, directly over [St. Anthony Falls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Anthony_Falls) on the Mississippi. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/78 "2013-07-01T02:24:15Z")
The Eno, every day I go to work and many days I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/79 "2013-07-01T02:30:29Z")
This is like a history/geography lesson! I’m thrilled that so many of these are familiar. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/80 "2013-07-01T02:31:17Z")
Crossed the Arkansas River twice on Friday, going to North Little Rock, then back home to Little Rock. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273.md?page=5)