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The Kankakee River Basin drains 2,989 square miles (7,740 km 2) in northwest Indiana, 2,169 square miles (5,620 km 2) in northeast Illinois, and about seven square miles (18 km 2) in southwest Lower Michigan. The Kankakee River heads near South Bend, then flows westward into Illinois, where it joins with the Des Plaines River to form the Illinois.
The Griesmer site (La-3) is located on the Kankakee River in Lake County, Indiana, about a mile southeast of Schneider, in Northwestern Indiana.It is classified as a Prehistoric, multi-component site with Middle Woodland (c. 100 B.C-500 A.D.), Late Woodland (c. 500 A.D.–1500 A.D.) and Upper Mississippian (c. 1000–1500 A. D.) occupations.
Kankakee River; Little Blue River (Perry and Crawford counties) Little Blue River (Shelby, Rush and Henry counties) Little Calumet River; Little Elkhart River; Little Flatrock River; Little Kankakee River; Little Pigeon Creek; Little River, also called Little Wabash River; Little Vermilion River; Lost River; Maumee River; Mill Creek (Jackson ...
The Collier Lodge site, located in Porter County, Indiana, is one of the few places the Kankakee Marsh could be easily crossed. [2] The site has been occupied for over 11,000 years with evidence of human occupation from 1,000 B.C.E. Historic records of humans occupation in northwestern Indiana are available from the late seventeenth century.
Kankakee River State Park is an Illinois state park on 4,000 acres (1,619 ha) primarily in Kankakee and Will Counties, Illinois, United States. Originally, 35 acres (14 ha) of land was donated by Ethel Sturges Dummer for the creation of the state park in 1938.
An Indiana environmental agency says there are no obvious signs of harm to wildlife. South Bend ethanol spill appears to have reached Kankakee River, state agency says Skip to main content
The Kankakee Fish and Wildlife Area is situated in Starke County at the junction of the Yellow River with the Kankakee River. The state purchased 2,312 acres (9.36 km 2) of marshland in 1927 for a Works Progress Administration (WPA) transient camp. The camp consisted of up to 400 men. After the camp closed, it was established as a game preserve.
The sprawling wetland known as the Grand Kankakee Marsh once served as a detoxifying cleanser of the South Bend region's waters, including what residents drank.. People drained it decades ago and ...