Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor

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The Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor is a federally designated heritage area in northern Illinois that preserves and interprets the historic canal route that linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and spurred the region’s 19th-century economic development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Heritage Area ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
administeredBy National Park Service ⓘ
associatedPeriod 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith Great Lakes–Mississippi River waterway connection ⓘ
connectsWaterways Great Lakes ⓘ
Mississippi River system ⓘ
contains aqueducts ⓘ
historic canal structures ⓘ
historic communities along the canal ⓘ
historic industrial sites ⓘ
locks ⓘ
segments of the Illinois and Michigan Canal ⓘ
towpaths ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
establishedBy United States Congress ⓘ
focusesOn community revitalization ⓘ
cultural resource preservation ⓘ
natural resource conservation ⓘ
follows Illinois and Michigan Canal ⓘ
governanceModel public-private partnership ⓘ
hasInterpretiveTheme growth of Chicago as a transportation hub ⓘ
role of canals in American expansion ⓘ
heritageDesignation United States National Heritage Area ⓘ
historicalSignificance facilitated 19th-century economic development in the Midwest ⓘ
linked Chicago to the Illinois River and Mississippi River ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
northern Illinois ⓘ
namedAfter Illinois and Michigan Canal ⓘ
near Chicago ⓘ
offers bicycling opportunities ⓘ
boating opportunities ⓘ
hiking opportunities ⓘ
historic interpretation programs ⓘ
recreational trails ⓘ
partOf National Park System partnership areas ⓘ
purpose interpretation of transportation history ⓘ
preservation of historic canal route ⓘ
promotion of heritage tourism ⓘ
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
theme canal-era engineering ⓘ
industrial development ⓘ
transportation history ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ

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Lockport, Illinois → partOf → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
subject linked to: Lockport, Illinois area
Heritage Corridor line → namedAfter → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
Heritage Corridor → historicCorridor → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
Heritage Corridor → namedFor → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
Channahon, Illinois → hasTrail → Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail ⓘ
linked to: Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
Lemont, Illinois → hasHistoricResource → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
Metra Heritage Corridor → namedAfter → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
Illinois and Michigan Canal → partOf → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
Illinois and Michigan Canal → hasHeritageCorridorDesignation → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
Channahon State Park → partOf → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
Village of Lemont Downtown Historic District → hasTransportConnection → Illinois & Michigan Canal corridor ⓘ
linked to: Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor