DuPage River
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The DuPage River is a 28.3-mile-long tributary of the Des Plaines River in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve on the West Branch of the DuPage River, where Julius Warren claimed land in Warrenville in 1833.
The West Branch of the DuPage River in Naperville.
Illinois and Michigan Canal
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The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River. In Illinois, it ran 96 miles from the Chicago River in Bridgeport, Chicago, to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru. O
DuPage River
…then west of Joliet. Farther downstream, at Channahon, a dam on the river was originally constructed to raise the DuPage River water level to feed the Illinois and Michigan Canal. From Channahon, the river finally meets the Des Plaines River. Like many local bodies of water, both branches of the DuPage River seriously overflowed…
A scene at Seneca, Illinois
New lock and dam structures that replaced the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal
Illinois and Michigan Canal west of Willow Springs, where the unused canal is clogged with fallen trees
Fox River Aqueduct in Ottawa, Illinois