Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 28-mile-long canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Historic District”, “CSSC”, and “Sanitary and Ship Canal of Chicago”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery and Red Gate Woods.
St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery, also known as St. James at Sag Bridge Church is a historic church and cemetery in the Sag Bridge area of the village of Lemont, Illinois.
Red Gate Woods
Picnic site
Photo: Joseph Gage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve section within the Palos Forest Preserves, a division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois. It is located near where the Cal-Sag Channel meets the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Site A
Landfill
Site A was a research facility near Chicago where, during World War II, research on behalf of the Manhattan Project was carried out. Operated by the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory, it was the site of Chicago Pile-2, a reconstructed and enlarged version of the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burr Ridge and Darien.
Burr Ridge
Village
Burr Ridge is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,192. Burr Ridge is situated 3½ miles north of Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Darien
Town
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Darien is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 22,011. A southwestern suburb of Chicago, Darien was named after the town of Darien, Connecticut. Darien is situated 4 miles northwest of Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Willow Springs
Village
Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Willow Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion extending into DuPage County. The village was founded in 1892 and was named for the springs along the Des Plaines River. In 2020, the population was 5,857. Willow Springs is situated 4 miles northeast of Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Slovenian—“Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal”
- Cebuano: “Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal”
- Chinese: “芝加哥环境卫生和航行运河”
- Dutch: “Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة شيكاجو”
- French: “Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal”
- German: “Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal”
- Hebrew: “תעלת התברואה והאוניות של שיקגו”
- Hebrew: “תעלת התברואה והספינות של שיקגו”
- Japanese: “シカゴ・サニタリー・アンド・シップ運河”
- Japanese: “シカゴ衛生・船舶運河”
- Japanese: “シカゴ運河”
- Korean: “시카고 운하”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal”
- Norwegian: “Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal”
- Portuguese: “Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal”
- Russian: “Чикагский санитарно-судовой канал”
- Slovenian: “Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Palisades and Sag Bridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sagawau Canyon Nature Preserve and Red Gate Woods.
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