The Des Plaines River is a river that flows southward for 133 miles (214 km) through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the United States Midwest, eventually meeting the Kankakee River west of Channahon to form the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi River.
Typical section of Des Plaines River in Lake County, Illinois.
Des Plaines River near Lockport, IL
Des Plaines River in Joliet, IL
Des Plaines River Bridge in Joliet, IL
The Kankakee River is a tributary of the Illinois River, approximately 133 miles (214 km) long, in the Central Corn Belt Plains of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States. At one time, the river drained one of the largest wetlands in North America and furnished a significant portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. Significantly altered from its original channel, it flows through a primarily rural farming region of reclaimed cropland, south of Lake Michigan.
View of the river from Kankakee, Illinois, near Cobb Park
Sandy shore along the Kankakee River, three miles (4.8 km) west of Illinois–Indiana state line
Fisherman beside dam on the Kankakee River at Momence, Illinois, on the north bank, looking southwest
Headwaters of the Kankakee (US 20/US 31 at Prairie Avenue exit)
