North Shore Channel | |
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Specifications | |
Length | 7.7 miles (12.4 km) |
Navigation authority | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago |
History | |
Date completed | 1910 |
Geography | |
Start point | Lake Michigan in Wilmette, Illinois |
End point | North Branch Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois |
Branch of | North Branch Chicago River |
The North Shore Channel is a drainage canal built between 1907 and 1910 to flush the sewage-filled North Branch of the Chicago River down the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.[1] The sewage carrying duty has been largely taken over by the Chicago Deep Tunnel, but there are still occasional discharges due to heavy rains.[2]