Canal Origins Park (Chicago, Illinois)

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Canal Origins Park commemorates the creation of the Illinois & Michigan Canal as it connected the Great Lakes with the Mississippi River drainage basin. The park includes historical interpretation signage and sculpture depicting pre-settlement conditions and life on the canal after it was completed in 1848. There is also a “canal cut” which offers patrons views of what it would have been like to float down the canal on a canal boat. Other amenities in the park include native plantings, fishing station, and walkways. Because of the site's historic significance, the Canal Origins Park was designated as a Chicago Landmark in 1996.
www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Canal-Origins/
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_of_the_Origins_of_the_I&M_Canal
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Coordinates:   41°50'32"N   87°39'54"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago