Chicago River
About Chicago River
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles (251 km) that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center. The river is one of the reasons for Chicago's geographic importance: the related Chicago Portage is a link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River Basin, and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico.
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A Dave Matthews Band tour bus once emptied its sewage tank through a bridge grating over the Chicago River, dumping excrement onto a tourist boat passing below.
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More facts about Chicago River
Once a year, for St Patrick's Day, the entire Chicago River is dyed green.
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In 1871 an attempt to stabilise a canal accidentally reversed the flow of the Chicago River, which gave engineers the idea to reverse it permanently.
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Coordinates: 41.8864, -87.6375