Calumet River
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The Calumet River is a system of rivers and canals in the region between the south side of Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana. Currently, the system is part of the Chicago Area Waterway
The Calumet River, with the Chicago Skyway traversing it
Residents boat through floodwaters of the Little Calumet in Munster in September 2008
Calumet Sag Channel, Blue Island
Lake Michigan
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Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume and depth after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area, after Lake Sup
Calumet River
…the system is part of the Chicago Area Waterway System. Historically, the Little Calumet River flowed in a broad westward arc roughly parallel to the Lake Michigan shore, then turned back east and became the Grand Calumet River, which emptied into Lake Michigan at Marquette Park in Gary. The Calumet River was a…
Lake Michigan viewed from the International Space Station (August 19, 2019). Chicago sits at the extreme S.W. of the lake.
Most islands in Lake Michigan are in the northern part of the lake. Photo taken from the International Space Station on April 10, 2022.
Grand Traverse Bay, a large bay of Lake Michigan in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, from the community of Elk Rapids
View of Lake Michigan from Indiana Dunes National Park