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Fox River (Illinois River tributary), northern Illinois; Fox River (Little Wabash tributary), southern Illinois; Galena River; Grand Calumet River; Green River ...
In the early 1950s, Mr. Frese founded the Illinois Paddling Council. [2] In the 1950s Frese began building canoes. [2] He started the (Chicago area) Des Plaines River Marathon in 1958. [2] [5] Now called the DesPlaines River Canoe & Kayak Marathon, it is the second oldest continuously held canoe race in the United States." [5]
The Illinois River (Miami-Illinois: Inoka Siipiiwi [4]) is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River at approximately 273 miles (439 km) in length. Located in the U.S. state of Illinois , [ 5 ] the river has a drainage basin of 28,756.6 square miles (74,479 km 2 ). [ 6 ]
Upper Peoria Lake is a section of the Illinois River primarily between Peoria County and Woodford County, Illinois, United States.The lake runs from South Rome to Peoria Heights, with Spring Bay and the Detweiller Marina area of Peoria near the middle.
The Vermilion River is a 74.8-mile-long (120.4 km) [2] tributary of the Illinois River in the state of Illinois, United States. [3] The river flows north, in contrast to a second Vermilion River in Illinois, which flows south to the Wabash River. The Illinois and Wabash rivers each have a tributary named the Little Vermilion River as well.
A diversion tunnel was constructed approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of the confluence with the Des Plaines River, at a point where the two streams are separated by only 1,600 feet (490 m). After a 1987 storm dumped almost 10 inches of rain on the Chicagoland area, DuPage County built several reservoirs throughout the Salt Creek basin ...