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2. Navy Pier - Wikipedia

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   Navy Pier hosts sightseeing tours from companies such as Seadog Ventures, Shoreline Sightseeing cruises and Water Taxi service, and the tall ship "Windy". There are also dinner cruises by Entertainment Cruises on their ships the Spirit of Chicago, Odyssey II, and Mystic Blue. The pier has fireworks on Wednesday and Saturday nights during the ...

3. List of beaches in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   By midcentury, much leisure shifted to Lake Michigan. The first City of Chicago Public Beach opened in Lincoln Park in 1895. [2] Today, the entire 28 miles (45 km) Chicago lakefront shoreline is reclaimed land, and primarily used for public parks. [3] In the parks, there are 24 sand beaches along the shores of freshwater Lake Michigan. [4]

4. Chicago Harbor - Wikipedia

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   Generally, the Chicago Harbor comprises the public rivers, canals, and lakes within the territorial limits of the City of Chicago and all connecting slips, basins, piers, breakwaters, and permanent structures therein for a distance of three miles from the shore between the extended north and south lines of the city.

5. The One Thing You Have to Do in Every State - AOL

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   Tour the U.S. Naval Academy, which is open to the public and includes a museum and stunning nondenominational chapel, or take a boat tour of the harbor. Also open to visitors is the Maryland State ...

6. Chicago Riverwalk partially reopens, Chicago River boat tours ...

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7. Streeterville - Wikipedia

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   In the late 1880s, George Streeter claimed that his newly acquired boat struck a sandbar just off the Chicago shoreline during a storm. [9] Landfill dumped in an effort to create land on which to build Lake Shore Drive by the Lincoln Park Board created 186 acres (0.75 km 2) of new land along the lake front, which Streeter attempted to claim ...

8. George Streeter - Wikipedia

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   He sold shoreline belonging to Fairbank, the William Ogden estate, the Farwell family, Potter Palmer, the Pine Street Land Association and the Chicago Title and Trust Company. In all, Streeter claimed to own 186 acres (0.75 km 2 ) of land between the mouth of the Chicago River and Oak Street .

9. The Sturgeon Bay Rotary Club's Shipyard Tours are no more ...

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   The guided tours of Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding were a major fundraiser, but the new event will continue to focus on the city's maritime heritage. The Sturgeon Bay Rotary Club's Shipyard Tours ...