19TH CENTURY U.S. CANALS

Illinois

 

 

The Kankakee & Iroquois Navigation Company

 

About Kankakee River
Includes a brief history of the navigation company.

 

Congressional Edition - 1880
A Memorial for the Improvement of the Kankakee and Iroquois Rivers begins on page 40.

 

Illinois and Michigan Canal
Historical photos of the Kankakee navigation system begins on page 41.

 

Kankakee and Iroquois River Improvement
A brief history of the navigation company.

 

Kankakee Navigation
A brief description and history of what originally was a navigable feeder for the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

 

Prospectus of the Kankakee Company
The 1871 document for the company.

 

The Kankakee Navigation

The article begins on page 4 of the American Canal Society newsletter.


Then & Now: Wilmington Lock – Wilmington

A brief history of the navigation company.  Includes a historical photo.


Then & Now: Wilmington Lock – Wilmington

 

Will County
A historical photo of the canal is on page 101.

 

Wilmington, IL Newspaper Articles
Includes articles about the navigation system.

 

 Rev. March, 2023