In a social media post, Governor JB Pritzker announced the changes come after decades of studies. “I’m here today to make an ...

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.

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

May-September: Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet's exploration of the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan takes ... through polluted water. A field is built for the Chicago White Stockings ...