The Illinois River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River at approximately 273 miles in length. Located in the U.S. state of Illinois, the river has a drainage basin of 28,756.6 square mile
Illinois River valley, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge, and LaSalle Rail Bridge near LaSalle, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois is the largest city on the river
River tow leaving the Starved Rock Lock headed down river.
The Illinois River, as seen from Starved Rock State Park. The dam (upper-left center) is part of the infrastructure of the Illinois Waterway
Starved Rock State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by the many canyons within its 2,630 acres. Located just southeast of the village of Utica, in Deer Park Township,
Starved Rock, a National Historic Landmark, as viewed from the north side of the Illinois River, and the Illinois Waterway channel.
St. Louis Canyon waterfall
Portrait of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, who built the first French settlement in northern Illinois
Ferdinand Walther constructed the Starved Rock Hotel for his resort, seen here c. 1905, which no longer exists. In 1911 he sold the resort to the State of Illinois. The "rock" is the bluff in the upper right.