The Calumet Feeder Canal - The Calumet Wilderness

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Some men are gearheads. Some are railroad nerds. I’m a canal freak.

Most of the Region’s canals post-date the initial building wave of “artificial rivers” in the middle 19th century. But down in Blue Island is a reminder of that era and a connection to the Illinois & Michigan Canal.

Good history of Blue Island as a canal town:
https://peetz.us/cal-sag.htm

A 2016 Post Tribune article about the complicated bi-state relationship:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/0...

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