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SUMMARY:Free Public Interpretative Tours of the Chicago Portage
DESCRIPTION:The Chicago Portage was an ancient portage that connected the Great Lakes waterway system with the Mississippi River system. Connecting these two great water trails meant comparatively easy access from the mouth of the St Lawrence River on the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains\, and the Gulf of Mexico. Join the Friends of the Chicago Portage as they give you a free interpretative tour of the Chicago Portage area. \nEnter at 4800 S. Harlem\, Forest View\, IL. Meet at the statue.
URL:https://iandmcanal.org/events/free-public-interpretative-tours-of-the-chicago-portage/2023-10-07/
LOCATION:Chicago Portage\, 4800 Harlem Ave\, Forest View\, IL\, 60402\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Discovery of Chicago Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Discovery of Chicago Bus Tour\nVisit the Places Chicago was Born! Stand Where History Happened!\nThe tour will begin at 10 a.m. at the monumental statue of Joliet and Marquette in Portage Woods Forest Preserve (4800 S. Harlem Ave.) in Lyons\, IL.\nFollowing a brief look at the last remnant of historic Portage Creek\, we will board a deluxe air conditioned motor coach to visit the places Jolliet and Marquette carried their birch bark canoes over the old Chicago Portage 350 years ago.\nThe tour will continue downtown to visit the Centennial Fountain and explore its symbolic portrayal of the Chicago Portage. We’ll then stop as close as the public can get to the site of DuSable & Kinzie’s settlement. After a lunch break at a food court the tour will follow the development of Chicago with a visit to the hidden site of an early farm and trading post on the South Branch of the Chicago River. Finally we’ll stop at the original terminus of the I&M Canal before returning to Portage Woods Forest Preserve.\nThe tour will conclude before 3:00 P.M.  The cost of the tour is $50 per person ($40 for students) and includes a printed tour booklet with stunning images of how the tour stops looked in early Chicago.\nTo reserve your seat call  773-590-0710 (8a – 8p only please) or email:  gbmechanic@gmail. com.\nPlease make out the check for the bus tour to\nFriends of the Chicago Portage\nand mail it to:\nFriends of the Chicago Portage\nc/o J. Langer\n605 E. Madison\nVilla Park\, IL 60181\nOnce your payment is received you will be emailed a confirmation notice with complete information for the tour. Seats are limited so reserve your place on this historic voyage of discovery now!
URL:https://iandmcanal.org/events/the-discovery-of-chicago-tour/
LOCATION:Chicago Portage\, 4800 Harlem Ave\, Forest View\, IL\, 60402\, United States
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SUMMARY:Louis Jolliet\, Fr. Jacques Marquette and Fellow "Voyageurs"
DESCRIPTION:On May 17th of this year\, we celebrated the 350th anniversary of Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette’s landmark expedition of discovery from the year 1673. The “discovery” that laid the groundwork for the settlement of the interior of the Colonial American Continent.From the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains to as far west of the Mississippi river as colonists would dare. From the Hudson Bay in the North\, all the way South to the Gulf of Mexico. All for Louis\, The XIV\, The King of France in 1673.\nOn August 12\, Louis Jolliet\, Fr. Jacques Marquette and fellow “voyageurs” will be at the I&M Canal. They will paddle their voyager canoes\, tell of their travels\, sing their native songs and demonstrate how they survive in the Illinois territory environment. Come and talk to them and ask about their 1673 trip to The Chicago Portage.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://iandmcanal.org/events/louis-jolliet-fr-jacques-marquette-and-fellow-voyageurs/
LOCATION:Chicago Portage\, 4800 Harlem Ave\, Forest View\, IL\, 60402\, United States
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