The Castor River rises in eastern Missouri. The river flows through a shut-in, or trapped area in a river. The river flows south until its waters originally were sent to the Mississippi River through the Headwater Diversion Channel, which came into the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau. The river flows south until it reaches Saint George Bayou where both streams combine to form the Little River. The Castor River is part of the C.L.SF.N.S. Until 2003, the river was only a foot deep. The river is very silty. Port facilities plus lock and dam structures have been established on the Castor near Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Although it is not a very big river, in the world of navigation, it is expected to become a very popular route. It currently bypasses the notorious "Deadmans passage" which is the area of the Mississippi River near Cairo, named because of Dogtooth Bend. Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning canoe, is a Midwestern state of the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. ... Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin Lake Itasca Mouth Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ... Cape Girardeau is a city located in the county of the same name in Missouri, 100 miles south of Saint Louis. ... Cairo is a village located in Randolph County, Missouri. ...
The river flows south until its waters originally were sent to the Mississippi River through the Headwater Diversion Channel, which came into the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau.
The river flows south until it reaches Saint George Bayou where both streams combine to form the Little River.
It currently bypasses the notorious "Deadmans passage" which is the area of the Mississippi River near Cairo, named because of Dogtooth Bend.
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