Waterway West LbNA #70108
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle    |
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| Plant date: | May 30, 2016 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Darien |
| County: | DuPage |
| State: | Illinois |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Tiptoe & Tonto |
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| Last found: | May 7, 2017 |
| Status: | FFF |
| Last edited: | Jun 14, 2016 |
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 1 mile RT)
Status: alive
The geographical relationship of the Des Plaines River, Mud Lake, Chicago River and Lake Michigan was responsible for the location and rapid development of the metropolis of Chicago. This relationship was the connecting link by water and a short portage of the Great Lakes region to the Mississippi River and the Great Northwest. The water route and the paralleling land routes enabled the French to explore the Mississippi Valley and Illinois. The first known white men to trod on this historic ground were Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet the explorer, who passed here in 1673 while exploring the Mississippi River as far south as the mouth of the Arkansas River. On their return journey, the explorers met Indians who described a shorter route to Lake Michigan. Taking the route, they traveled up the Illinois River to the Des Plaines River, then portaging 1.5 miles to the Chicago River and on to Lake Michigan. This "Chicago Portage" provided a waterway west which contributed greatly to the development of the West. Today you can experience part of their historic journey along the Des Plaines River at Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, where this box can be found.
Directions:
From I55 go south on IL 83 about 2 miles to Bluff Rd, then go west 0.6 miles to parking lot for Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve.
Clues:
Walk to kiosk and continue on main trail to Rocky Glen Trail. Go right on it, bending left at jct to stay on it to end. Go right on dirt trail near garbage can then right at Y jct 35 steps to log on left pointing at you. Go about 6' down it on back side for LB under sticks.
Hike length: 1 mile
Status: alive
The geographical relationship of the Des Plaines River, Mud Lake, Chicago River and Lake Michigan was responsible for the location and rapid development of the metropolis of Chicago. This relationship was the connecting link by water and a short portage of the Great Lakes region to the Mississippi River and the Great Northwest. The water route and the paralleling land routes enabled the French to explore the Mississippi Valley and Illinois. The first known white men to trod on this historic ground were Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet the explorer, who passed here in 1673 while exploring the Mississippi River as far south as the mouth of the Arkansas River. On their return journey, the explorers met Indians who described a shorter route to Lake Michigan. Taking the route, they traveled up the Illinois River to the Des Plaines River, then portaging 1.5 miles to the Chicago River and on to Lake Michigan. This "Chicago Portage" provided a waterway west which contributed greatly to the development of the West. Today you can experience part of their historic journey along the Des Plaines River at Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, where this box can be found.
Directions:
From I55 go south on IL 83 about 2 miles to Bluff Rd, then go west 0.6 miles to parking lot for Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve.
Clues:
Walk to kiosk and continue on main trail to Rocky Glen Trail. Go right on it, bending left at jct to stay on it to end. Go right on dirt trail near garbage can then right at Y jct 35 steps to log on left pointing at you. Go about 6' down it on back side for LB under sticks.
Hike length: 1 mile