See Also: Chicago River(encyclopedia)
Kitsch'n River North (Chicago)(tourism)
Chicago(tourism)
Chicago(encyclopedia)
Chicago(dictionary)
Chicago flights(tourism)
Chicago car rental(tourism)
Chicago airports(tourism)
Chicago Smoke(tourism)
Coffee Chicago(tourism)

Chicago River (sh)




River, northeastern Illinois, U.S. A small river, consisting of a northern and southern branch, it originally flowed through Chicago into Lake Michigan.

After a severe storm in 1885 caused the river to empty large amounts of polluted water into the lake, its flow was reversed by constructing a canal in 1900, the building of which was considered a significant engineering feat. Now flowing inland, it is connected with the Des Plaines River by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.