The traditional starting point or the source for the river is up Itasca Minnesota.
这条河的传统起点或源头是明尼苏达州的伊塔斯卡。
英语百科
Itasca
Itasca is a word coined by Henry Schoolcraft as a name for Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River. Schoolcraft coined the name from a combination of the Latin words veritas ("truth") and caput ("head"). The following places and ships have been named after the Mississippi Headwaters: