1999 Map of Channahon
USGS Topo · Published 2002About this map
The confluence of the Du Page River and the Des Plaines River defines the landscape of this region at the turn of the millennium. The industrial and conservation history of Will County is visible through the significant footprint of the Joliet Training Area and the Department of Army facilities, contrasted by the vast ecological restoration at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. Near the village of Channahon, the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal runs parallel to the river, a relic of 19th-century transport that has been preserved as the Channahon Parkway State Park. Further south, the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery stands near Blodgett, while the riverbanks are protected within the Mc Kinley Woods Co Forest Preserve. This map documents a period when military lands were increasingly transitioning into public natural spaces.
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