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The original French pronunciation of Bourbonnais came to be Anglicized over time to / b ər ˈ b oʊ n ɪ s / bər-BOH-nis. In 1974, a state representative from Bourbonnais introduced a resolution "correcting" the pronunciation of the town's name to / b ɜːr b ə ˈ n eɪ / bur-bə-NAY, closer to the French. [10]
Bourbonnais Township (/ ˌ b ʊər b oʊ ˈ n eɪ, b ɜːr ˈ b oʊ n ɪ s / BOOR-boh-NAY, bur-BOH-niss [2]) is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 40,137 and it contained 15,153 housing units.
While operating through Bourbonnais, the Amtrak engineer observed a semi-trailer truck loaded with steel slowly crossing the tracks at a grade crossing. [1]: 3 When the engineer realized the truck was not going to clear the tracks in time, he initiated an emergency brake application. However, the train was traveling at 79 mph (127 km/h) and was ...
Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) is a private Nazarene university in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Named for its founding location, Olivet, Illinois, ONU was originally established as a grammar school in east-central Illinois in 1907. In the late 1930s, it moved to the campus in Bourbonnais.
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Kankakee have ranged from a low of 12 °F (−11 °C) in January to a high of 86 °F (30 °C) in July, although a record low of −29 °F (−34 °C) was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 107 °F (42 °C) was recorded in August 1988.
Northfield Square is a shopping mall located in Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States. The mall serves Kankakee County, which includes Bourbonnais, Bradley, and Kankakee. The mall's anchor store is Cinemark Theatres. There are 4 vacant anchor stores that were once 2 Carson Pirie Scott stores, Sears and JCPenney.
The Bourbonnais (French:; Occitan: Borbonés) was a historic province in the centre of France that corresponds to the modern département of Allier, along with part of the département of Cher. Its capital was Moulins .
The Durham–Perry Farmstead is a park and open-air museum in Bourbonnais, Illinois on the grounds of the former Thomas Durham farm. The buildings reflect the agricultural practices of Illinois farmers in the 19th and early 20th centuries.