Many campsites in Wright County. Excellent day trip. Section passes through Twin Cities, nonetheless offers very scenic and interesting canoeing. From Anoka to Minneapolis, countryside gives way to city. Spectacular wooded bluffs line the river downstream from downtown Minneapolis, and except for the bridges, the city does not intrude on the river.
Canoes can pass through locks.
Appropriate for novice canoeists, but skill an caution required bear barge and boat traffic and going through locks. Three man-made lakes, several dam portages. Twists and turns through rolling farmland, wooded valleys, and a deep picturesque gorge with rocky bluffs more than 250 feet above the river. Some class I rapids, good for novice canoeists except during high water. Hardwood forests, high limestone bluffs, and wooded pastures.