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The Grand Calumet River is a 13.0-mile-long (20.9 km) [3] river that flows primarily into Lake Michigan. Originating in Miller Beach in Gary , it flows through the cities of Gary, East Chicago and Hammond , as well as Calumet City and Burnham on the Illinois side.
The Calumet River, on the south side of Chicago, originally simply drained Lake Calumet to Lake Michigan. A canal extending it, legendarily claimed to have been created by voyageurs at the site of a frequent portage, was dug connecting the two Calumet Rivers at the point where the name now changes from Grand to Little.
The Calumet Region is the geographic area drained by the Grand Calumet River and the Little Calumet River of northeastern Illinois and northwestern Indiana in the United States. It is part of the Great Lakes Basin, which eventually reaches the Atlantic Ocean.
The location of the new lock and dam 7 miles (11 km) upstream from the old controlling works at Blue Island was chosen to improve the ability to control backflow events into the lake during heavy storms from the polluting industries along the Grand Calumet River and Little Calumet River and the outfall of the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant. [5]
Galena River; Grand Calumet River; Great Miami River; Greenville Creek; Iroquois River; Jackson Creek (Monroe County) 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
Calumet, a college at York University; Calumet River (Laurentides) , a river running through the municipality of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge in the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec; L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet, municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Grand River - Michigan; Grand River - Missouri, Iowa; Grand River - Ohio; Grand River - Oklahoma; Grand River - North and South Dakota; Grand River - Wisconsin; Grand Calumet River - Indiana
Beyond its industrial rim, the neighborhood is bounded by the Grand Calumet River and Hammond's Hessville neighborhood to the south, Southside to the west, Indiana Harbor to the north, and the Gary-Chicago Airport to the east. Notable local attractions include Riley Park, one of the city's largest parks.