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- Des Plaines, Illinois - Wikipedia
Des Plaines ( dɪs ˈpleɪnz ) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States Per the 2020 census, the population was 60,675 [4] The city is a suburb of Chicago and is located just north of O'Hare International Airport It is situated on and is named after the Des Plaines River, which runs through the city just east of its downtown area
- Des Plaines River - Wikipedia
Map of the Des Plaines River drainage basin The Des Plaines River ( dɪsˈpleɪnz diss-PLAYNZ) (French: Rivière des Plaines) is a river that flows southward for 133 miles (214 km) [2] through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois [3] in the United States Midwest, eventually meeting the Kankakee River west of Channahon to form the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi River
- Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary) - Wikipedia
Salt Creek is a 43 4-mile-long (69 8 km) [1] stream in northeastern Illinois [2] It is an important tributary of the Des Plaines River, part of the Illinois River and ultimately the Mississippi River watersheds It rises in northwest Cook County at Wilke Marsh in Palatine and flows in a meandering course generally southward through DuPage County, returning to central Cook County and emptying
- Des Plaines River Trail - Wikipedia
The trail in 1922 The Des Plaines River Trail is a recreational multiuse trail that follows the course of the Des Plaines River through most of Lake and part of Cook County in northeast Illinois in the United States This trail connects with the North Branch Trail and Green Bay Trail Trail uses include hiking walking, bicycling, equestrian, and even winter cross country skiing and
- Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area - Wikipedia
Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 5,000 acres (2,023 ha) in Will County, Illinois, United States It is located on floodplain adjacent to the confluence of its namesake the Des Plaines River and the Kankakee River to form the Illinois River
- Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal - Wikipedia
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 28-mile-long (45 km) canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River It reverses the direction of the Main Stem and the South Branch of the Chicago River, which now flows out of Lake Michigan rather than into it
- Lake Opeka - Wikipedia
Lake Opeka is a small, 40 acres (16 ha) lake in Des Plaines, Illinois It is located in the Des Plaines Park District's 76-acre Lake Park [2] The man-made lake was created out of what had been farmland [3] to provide dirt for the construction of nearby Interstate 90 (the Jane Addams Tollway)
- Chicago Portage - Wikipedia
This allowed the lakes to drain faster in that direction, and the Chicago Outlet River dried up leaving the gap in the moraine that served the Chicago Portage [5] The Chicago Portage linked what became known as the Chicago River's South Branch and what became known as the Des Plaines River
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