Sign up for a guided tour on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays of the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum with our trained staff to learn the history of the Chicago-Calumet River System.

Help us create a Litter Free Chicago-Calumet river system by removing litter directly from the river and its banks. We provide boats, bags, gloves, and grabbers; you provide the can-do spirit!

Enjoy paddling the North Shore Channel with Friends!

Join us in an exclusive after-hours sunset and moonlit paddle through the Skokie Lagoons.

Learn the joys of paddling! Friends welcome beginners on all our paddles. This event is geared towards those who'd like to learn with other beginners.

Help us create a Litter Free Chicago-Calumet river system by removing litter directly from the river and its banks. We provide boats, bags, gloves, and grabbers; you provide the can-do spirit!

Join us as we travel down the Chicago River this fall at the 12th Annual Bridgehouse Museum Cruise. 

Chicago Ornithological Society and Friends of the Chicago River team up to offer a unique way experience the magic of migration! 

Friends teams up with Chicago Ornithological Society to offer a unique way experience the magic of migration! 

Join us in an exclusive after-hours sunset and moonlit paddle through the Skokie Lagoons.

Have fun paddling with Friends! 

Diviértete remando con Friends! 

Enjoy the beauty of fall from the river.