Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor - Tennessee

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The Illinois & Michigan Canal, completed in 1848, connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River watershed along a longstanding Indian portage route. The 97-mile canal extended from the Chicago River near Lake Michigan to the Illinois River at Peru, Illinois. It rapidly transformed Chicago from a small settlement to a critical transportation hub between the East and the developing Midwest. The towpath trail along the canal is a State park that runs through a rural and wooded landscape linking a number of towns laid out by the original canal commission.

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Facilities available at Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor:



Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor website
Recreation Area Map
Park Email: ILMI_Administration@nps.gov

Phone numbers
Headquarters 815/588-6040

Address
3501 Old Nashville Highway
Murfreesboro, TN 37129