Meet ABRAHAM LINCOLN at a series of stump speeches along the I&M Canal to close out our 175th Anniversary celebration. Click for locations, dates and times >
Join us for one last party to close out our yearlong celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the I&M Canal. Click for info on our CLOSING RECEPTION >
Experience a ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS given by famous priest and explorer Pere Jacques Marquette at St. James at Sag Bridge Church in honor of the end of our 175th celebration. Click for details >
The Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Area is the first of its kind: a national park of communities, not federal land. Based around the I&M Canal, which connected the Illinois River to Lake Michigan creating an all-water, inland route from the East Coast to the Gulf of Mexico, our National Heritage Area is made up of 60 cities and towns, from Chicago to LaSalle-Peru, who owe their growth to the canal.