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16 Apr 10 - Explore the canal and travel back in history along the waterway that helped to establish Chicago as the center of commerce of the Midwest

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About Illinois & Michigan Canal

About the I&M Canal

The Illinois and Michigan Canal ran 96 miles (155 km) from the Bridgeport neighborhood in Chicago on the Chicago River to LaSalle, Illinois on the Illinois River. It was finished in 1848 and allowed boat transportation from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. The canal enabled navigation across the Chicago Portage and helped establish Chicago as the transportation hub of the United States, opening before railroads were laid in the area.

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