The Sanitary District of Chicago (now the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District) built the extension to Joliet to allow for complete navigation from Lake Michigan to the Des Plaines River.

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

But others believe the rises in lake water levels could potentially be even more "dramatic." Research by Michigan ... map—the ...