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Kankakee River Plain; [6] - The largest unit of outwash is along the Kankakee River from South Bend to the Illinois border. It is 15 miles (24 km) to 20 miles (32 km) wide including the Kankakee Marsh and the surrounding sand and gravel plains. [4] Tippicanoe- Iroquois plain - The next largest unit is along the Tippecanoe River in Fulton County.
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 Kankakee River also forms the southern boundary of Porter County, delimiting an area of farm land and wetland forest. Throughout this area, the Kankakee is also called the Marble Power Ditch. This is the heart of the Grand Kankakee Marsh, which was drained in the early 20th century.
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 ...
Kankakee Sands is a 10,000-acre (4,000 ha) complex of tallgrass prairie and oak savanna restorations and remnants in Kankakee County, Illinois and Newton County, Indiana. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is managed by The Nature Conservancy staff and volunteers.
Grand Kankakee Marsh system: Beaver Lake was the largest lake in Indiana. ... Due to the Swamp Land Act of 1850, Indiana received 1,265,000 acres of wetlands, but ...
The Iroquois County State Wildlife Area is a surviving remnant of the Great Kankakee Swamp, a 5,300 sq mi (14,000 km 2) expanse of wetland that once drained the slow-flowing Kankakee River valley.
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.