I've been directed to drive through a river to get to a village on the other side. At some point there must have been a ford, but last year it really was just a

I've been directed to drive through a river to get to a village on the other side. At some point there must have been a ford, but last year it really was just a river. When using navigation software outside of cities I'm extremely careful and try to look up the route before I leave due to these problems in mountainous, barely-habited environments.