• The Chicago Portage – A Lasting Gift – Lecture Series

    Lyons Public Library 4209 Joliet Avenue, Lyons, IL, United States

    Presented by Richard Lanyon.  The Chicago Portage is not just history; it is still a main vein of Midwest commerce. Local author and historian Dick Lanyon takes us on a journey through the development of a waterway route that includes the Chicago Portage, and connects the Chicago

  • CCA President/CEO Speaks At Lemont Library

    Lemont Public Library 50 E Wend Street, Lemont, IL, United States

    This year the I&M Canal celebrates its 175th anniversary and Lemont, its 150th. That's not a coincidence that Lemont was born soon after the canal was opened. Ana Koval, the President/CEO of the Canal Corridor Association, which is the nonprofit, coordinating agency that oversees the I&M Canal