Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor

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National Heritage Area protected area

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Heritage Area ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
administeredBy National Park Service ⓘ
associatedPeriod 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith Great Lakes–Mississippi River waterway connection NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsWaterways Great Lakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi River system NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
governanceModel public-private partnership ⓘ
hasInterpretiveTheme growth of Chicago as a transportation hub ⓘ
role of canals in American expansion ⓘ
heritageDesignation United States National Heritage Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
offers bicycling opportunities ⓘ
boating opportunities ⓘ
hiking opportunities ⓘ
historic interpretation programs ⓘ
recreational trails ⓘ
partOf National Park System partnership areas NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lockport, Illinois area → partOf → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
subject surface form: Lockport, Illinois
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 National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail
Lemont, Illinois → hasHistoricResource → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ
Metra Heritage Corridor → namedAfter → Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor ⓘ