Chicago River Recreation
Do you want to know the nearest place to launch your boat or the best place to grab a cool drink and bite to eat while taking in the city architecture and boats along the river, or even a little history of the bridges that span the urban canyons of downtown? All of this and more is just a click away on Openlands' Paddle Illinois Water Trails: an interactive website designed to take you on a Chicago River adventure.
Find out what's possible by visiting http://paddleillinoiswatertrails.org as your guide to this unique waterway.
- Chicago-Calumet River System Mapping
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Inside, Out & About - A Year Along the Chicago-Calumet River
- Inside, Out & About: An Invitation to Explore
- Inside, Out, & About Podcast
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STORY 1: Chicago Portage National Historic Site/Sitio Histórico Nacional de Chicago Portage
- Hablas Español?
- Take a Virtual Guided Walk In the Woods at the Chicago Portage
- Diversión y actividades familiares
- Get to Know the North American Beaver
- Conozca al Castor Norteamericano
- Get to Know a Bur Oak
- Conozca el Bur Oak
- Community Group Connections
- Conexiones de Grupos Comunitarios
- Finding Health and Wellness with a Walk in the Woods
- Encuentra salud y felicidad con un paseo por el bosque
- STORY 2: Kickapoo Woods/Bosque Kickapoo
- STORY 3 Bubbly Creek
- STORY 4: Beaubien Woods
- STORY 5: LaBagh Woods
- STORY 6: Big Marsh Park/El Parque Big Marsh
- STORY 7: Wampum Lake/Lago Wampum
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STORY 8: Whistler Woods
- Habla español? Whistler Woods
- Get to Know Channel Catfish
- Conozca el Pez Gato Americano
- Get to Know Aquatic Plants
- Conozca las Plantas Acuáticas
- Wellness: Outdoors at Whistler Woods
- Bienestar: Al aire libre en el Whistler Woods
- Community Connections
- Conexiones Comunitarias
- Plan Your Visit
- Planifique Su Visita
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STORY 9: Crooked Creek
- Crooked Creek – La Belleza Fluida Del Valle de Palos-Sag
- Get to Know Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly
- Conozca la Libélula Esmeralda de Hine
- Get to Know the American Hazelnut
- Conozca el Avellano Americano
- Bogs, Sloughs, Marshes, and Fens
- Las Ciénagas, los Pantanos y las Marismas?
- Wellness at Crooked Creek and Palos
- Bienestar: Salga al aire libre en Crooked Creek y Palos
- Community Connections
- Conexiones Comunitarias
- Plan Your Visit
- Planifique Su Visita
- STORY 10: Inspiring Leaders and Ideas
- STORY 11: An Opportunity for Water in Cities
- Story 12: The Beauty of Dark Sky Places
- Story 13: Nature Inspires Art
- River Ecology and Wildlife
- Chicago River Recreation
- McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
- Tunnel and Reservoir Plan
- Resources
- Video Resources