Chicago Portage National Historic Site (Lyons, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Lyons / Lyons, Illinois / South Harlem Avenue (IL-43), 4800
 site - to be removed, place with historical importance, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
Owned and managed by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. Is one of only two National Historic Places in Illinois. Has great significance to the history of Chicago, I & M Canal and the entire area. Contains a beautiful modern statue of Marquette, Jolliette and a Native American boy who was acting as their guide as they crossed the portage in 1674. The statue was funded through the Illinois-Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Civic Center Authority.

This site lies at the western edge of the somewhat elongated oval shaped wetland known as Mud Lake. Like many wetlands it was probably occasionally dry; apparently, in 1674 the water level was quite low rendering navigation difficult. Mud Lake remained until the late nineteenth century when it was developed and filled in as the new city grew. In 1674, Joliet's expedition was guided up the Illinois, Kanakakee and Des Plaines rivers hoping to quickly return via this portage to the Eschecagou [Chicago] River and then Lake Michigan. Winter had arrived and they are said to have camped at the easternmost end of Mud Lake, now an area probably immediately west of the Damen Ave - Chicago River - Shipping Canal Bridge. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jolliet
www.earlychicago.com/essays.php?essay=1
www.chicagoportage.org/chicagoportage.htm
www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/explorers/site...

Chicago Portage National Historic Site-photos on google maps:
wiki.worldflicks.org/chicago_portage_national_historic_... .
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Portage_National_Historic_Site
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   41°48'17"N   87°48'21"W

Comments

  • sou do brasil tem q fala brasileiro ai ??]
This article was last modified 3 years ago