Kankakee River
The Kankakee River is a tributary of the Illinois River, approximately 133 miles long, in the Central Corn Belt Plains of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Illinois River
- Also known as: “Huakiki”, “Illinois River”, “Kankukii”, “Kaukake”, “Keatiki”, “Kiakiki”, “Kiankakee”, “Kinkiki”, “Kyankeaee”, “La Riviere des Illinois”, “La Riviere des Islinois”, “Qui-que-que”, “Quin-que-que”, “Quin-qui-qui”, “Quiouentaguet”, “Tatiky”, “Teafiki”, “Teakiki”, “Teatiki”, “Teatiquy”, “Theaiki”, “Theakai”, “Theakekie”, “Theakiki”, “Tiakiki”, “Tian-kakeek”, “Tiatiki”, and “Tiaukakeek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dresden Generating Station and Morris Operation.
Dresden Generating Station
Power station
Photo: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain.
Dresden Generating Station is the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the United States. Dresden 1 was activated in 1960 and retired in 1978.
Morris Operation
The Morris Operation in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, is the location of the only permanent de facto high-level radioactive waste storage site in the United States and holds 772 tons of spent nuclear fuel.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Channahon and Minooka.
Channahon
Town
Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Channahon is a village in Grundy and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 13,383 at the 2020 census. Located in a rural area southwest of Joliet, Illinois, Channahon lies at the confluence of the Des Plaines, Kankakee, and DuPage rivers, where they form the Illinois River. Channahon is situated 3 miles northeast of Kankakee River.
Minooka
Town
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Minooka is a village in Grundy, Kendall, and Will counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,758 at the 2020 census, up from 10,924 at the 2010 census. The village is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Minooka is situated 4½ miles north of Kankakee River.
Millsdale
Hamlet
Millsdale is an abandoned village located in Channahon Township, Will County, Illinois, United States. In 1903, it had a population of 25. In 1946, it had a population of 20. The Santa Fe Railway stopped at Millsdale Station. Millsdale is situated 6 miles northeast of Kankakee River.
Kankakee River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Kankakee River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Kankakee River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Kankakee”
- Catalan: “Kankakee”
- Cebuano: “Kankakee River”
- Chinese: “坎卡基河”
- Dutch: “Kankakee River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كانكاكى”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Kankakee”
- Finnish: “Kankakeejoki”
- French: “Kankakee”
- German: “Kankakee Fluss”
- German: “Kankakee River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kankakee”
- Italian: “Kankakee”
- Japanese: “カンカキー川”
- Mingrelian: “კანკაკი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “კანკაკი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kankakee River”
- Polish: “Kankakee”
- Portuguese: “Rio Kankakee”
- Russian: “Канкаки (река)”
- Russian: “Канкаки”
- Spanish: “Rio Kankakee”
- Spanish: “Río Kankakee”
- Venetian: “Kankakee”
- Welsh: “Afon Kankakee”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Divine and Goose Lake Prairie.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Des Plaines River and Skinner Island.
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