Chicago River
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center. The river is one of the reasons for Chicago's geographic importance: the related Chicago Portage is a link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River Basin, and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico.
Photo: JeffieAlex, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Checagou”, “Chicago (river, Illinois)”, “Chicago river”, “Chicago River (United States)”, “Chicago River main stem”, “Chigaquea”, “Chikajo River”, “Chikajoux River”, “Fiume Chicago”, “Flumen Sicagonis”, “reka Chicago”, “Rivero Ĉikago”, “Rivière Chicago”, “Riviere Chigagou”, “Riviere de Chekagou”, and “נהר שיקגו”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Lake Street Bridge and Merchandise Mart.
Merchandise Mart
Shopping center
The Merchandise Mart is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fulton River District and River North.
Chicago River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.88638° or 41° 53′ 11″ north
Longitude
-87.63783° or 87° 38′ 16″ west
Elevation
577 feet (176 metres)
Open location code
86HJV9P6+HV
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Chicago River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر شيكاغو”
- Armenian: “Չիկագո”
- Asturian: “Ríu Chicago”
- Basque: “Chicago (ibaia)”
- Basque: “Chicago”
- Belarusian: “Чыкага”
- Catalan: “Riu Chicago”
- Cebuano: “Chicago River”
- Chinese: “芝加哥河”
- Chuvash: “Чикаго”
- Czech: “Chicago”
- Dutch: “Chicago”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر شيكاجو”
- Esperanto: “Ĉikago”
- Estonian: “Chicago jõgi”
- Finnish: “Chicagojoki”
- French: “Chicago”
- French: “rivière Chicago”
- Galician: “Río Chicago”
- German: “Chicago River”
- Hebrew: “שיקגו”
- Inari Sami: “Chicagojuuhâ”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Chicago”
- Irish: “Abhainn Chicago”
- Italian: “Chicago”
- Japanese: “シカゴ川”
- Korean: “시카고강”
- Latin: “Sicagoensis Fluvius”
- Malay: “Sungai Chicago”
- Malay: “سوڠاي شيکاݢو”
- Malayalam: “ഷിക്കാഗോ നദി”
- Northern Sami: “Chicagojohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chicagoelven”
- Norwegian: “Chicagoelven”
- Persian: “رود شیکاگو”
- Polish: “Chicago”
- Portuguese: “Rio Chicago”
- Russian: “Чикаго”
- Skolt Sami: “Chicagojokk”
- Slovenian: “Chicago”
- Spanish: “Río Chicago”
- Swedish: “Chicagofloden”
- Turkish: “Chicago Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Чикаго”
- Venetian: “Chicago”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Chicago”
- Welsh: “Afon Chicago”
- Western Frisian: “Chicago-rivier”
- Western Frisian: “Chicago”
- Western Panjabi: “شکاگو دریا”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Swede Town and Killgubbin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Wolf Point and River Cottages.
Illinois: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Chicago and Springfield.
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