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A floating classroom introduces Twin Cities kids to the Mighty Mississippi

Take a trip down the river with Canoemobile, a program created by Minneapolis-based Wilderness Inquiry.

By Brian Peterson

June 30, 2018 at 9:45PM
Below the buzz of the Franklyn Avenue bridge and in the shadow of downtown Minneapolis, a flotilla of large voyager canoes full of students paddle down the Mississippi River.
Below the buzz of the Franklyn Avenue bridge and in the shadow of downtown Minneapolis, a flotilla of large voyager canoes full of students paddle down the Mississippi River. (Tom Wallace — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Brian Peterson

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Brian Peterson has been a staff photographer at the Star Tribune for 0ver 30 years and has focused his attention most recently on professional sports and the many environmental issues affecting Minnesotans. Peterson has also photographed five winter and summer Olympic Games, the Superbowl and both Twins World Series victories.

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