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Brussels Ferry





We had planned to take the Brussels Ferry to cross the Illinois River into Illinois' isolated Calhoun County, but arrived to find it closed due to high water levels -- just like every Mississippi River ferry we've encountered so far on our trip north. This required we continue north rather than west to Brussels and then the Mississippi River.





Grafton Detour



Grafton, Illinois sits at the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.  On the west end of Grafton we encountered flooding, and a detour.