Calumet Region

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geographic region industrial region

The Calumet Region is an industrial and residential area around the southern tip of Lake Michigan, spanning parts of northwest Indiana and southeast Chicago, historically known for steel production, shipping, and heavy industry.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Northwest Indiana 9
Calumet region 3
Calumet industrial region 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
industrial region ⓘ
adjacentTo Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
borders Lake Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsPort Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal ⓘ
Burns Harbor, Indiana ⓘ
surface form: Port of Indiana–Burns Harbor
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demographics ethnically diverse communities ⓘ
working-class population ⓘ
economicActivity chemical production ⓘ
petroleum refining ⓘ
steel manufacturing ⓘ
transportation and logistics ⓘ
environmentalIssue habitat loss ⓘ
industrial pollution ⓘ
hasLandUse industrial ⓘ
residential ⓘ
wetlands and natural areas ⓘ
hasPart Burns Harbor, Indiana ⓘ
surface form: Burns Harbor

Calumet City, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calumet River ⓘ
surface form: Calumet River system

East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
Gary, Indiana ⓘ
Hammond, Indiana ⓘ
Hegewisch, Chicago ⓘ
Indiana Harbor ⓘ
Lake County, Indiana ⓘ
Porter County, Indiana ⓘ
South Side, Chicago ⓘ
surface form: South Chicago neighborhood

Whiting, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore ⓘ
surface form: Indiana Dunes National Park

Indiana Dunes State Park ⓘ
historicalRole important hub for Great Lakes shipping ⓘ
major center of American steel industry ⓘ
knownFor heavy industry ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
steel production ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northern Indiana ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Indiana

Far Southeast Side, Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Southeast Chicago
locatedOn southern shore of Lake Michigan ⓘ
partOf Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Chicago–Naperville–Elgin metropolitan statistical area
transportInfrastructure inland waterways ⓘ
interstate highways ⓘ
railroad corridors ⓘ
traversedBy Calumet River ⓘ
Calumet River ⓘ
surface form: Grand Calumet River

Calumet River ⓘ
surface form: Little Calumet River

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northeastern Illinois → borders → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Indiana
Gary SouthShore RailCats → hasFanBaseIn → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Indiana
Merrillville, Indiana → isPartOf → Calumet Region ⓘ
East Chicago, Indiana → locatedIn → Calumet Region ⓘ
East Chicago, Indiana → locatedIn → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Indiana
Hammond, Indiana → locatedIn → Calumet Region ⓘ
Lake County, Indiana → locatedIn → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Indiana
Merrillville, Indiana → locatedIn → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Indiana
Lansing, Illinois → locatedOn → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calumet region
this entity surface form: Calumet industrial district
Calumet City, Illinois → partOf → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calumet industrial region
Calumet River → partOf → Calumet Region ⓘ
Hegewisch, Chicago → partOf → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calumet industrial region
Lake Calumet → partOf → Calumet Region ⓘ
Lake County, Indiana → partOf → Calumet Region ⓘ
Port of Chicago vicinity → partOf → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calumet industrial corridor
Porter County, Indiana → partOf → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Indiana
South Deering community area → partOf → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calumet region
Gary → region → Calumet Region ⓘ
Gary SouthShore RailCats → region → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Indiana
Hegewisch, Chicago → region → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calumet region
Porter, Indiana → region → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Indiana
South Shore Line → regionServed → Calumet Region ⓘ
U.S. Steel Yard → regionServed → Calumet Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Indiana