ORIGIN: North Shore Channel - (Wilmette, IL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn
N 42° 04.536 W 087° 41.094
16T E 443345 N 4658396
The channel drains out of Lake Michigan in Wilmette, near the Bahá'í House of Worship at Wilmette Harbor, and connects to the North Branch of the Chciago River at the junction of several North Side Chicago community areas.
Waymark Code: WM3QFX
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 51

The North Shore Channel (aka North Shore Sanitary Canal) is a 7 - 9 foot deep drainage canal built between 1907 and 1910 to help flush the sewage-filled North Branch of the Chicago River south down to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and eventually down to the Mississippi (lucky them!)

Today, the channel is often used by small boats and is the basis for much local wildlife. Chicago's only waterfall in the city limits is where the North Branch drops four feet through a dam into the canal. There is a bike path along the trail too.
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