Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor - Lockport IL National Park

Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
Lockport Illinois National Park

Name	Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
Brief Description	National Park
Type	Attraction
Category	National Park
Description	The Illinois & Michigan Canal, completed in 1848, connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River watershed along a longstanding Indian portage route. The 97-mile canal extended from the Chicago River near Lake Michigan to the Illinois River at Peru, Illinois. It rapidly transformed Chicago from a small settlement to a critical transportation hub between the East and the developing Midwest. The towpath trail along the canal is a State park that runs through a rural and wooded landscape linking a number of towns laid out by the original canal commission.
Handicapped Accessible	No
Website	www.nps.gov/ilmi/index.htm
Last Updated	10/3/2004
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