River Park waterfall - Chicago, IL
Posted by: adgorn
N 41° 58.429 W 087° 42.275
16T E 441624 N 4647109
Located at the convergence of the North Branch of the Chicago River and the North Shore Channel, flowing southeast into Chicago - the only waterfall in the Chicago city limits.
Waymark Code: WMD71T
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2011
Views: 4
From the Chicago Park District website at (
visit link)
"At 30 acres, River Park is the largest of the six parks established by the River Park District, one of 22 independent park commissions consolidated into the Chicago Park District in 1934. Northwest side residents created the River Park District in 1917 to provide recreational opportunities and increase property values in the territory along the Chicago River's North Branch and the North Shore Channel. Almost immediately after its creation, the River Park District began to purchase land north of Argyle Avenue, where the river and the channel separate. Although land acquisition was not completed until 1922, the site opened to the public on July 4, 1920, when the park district dedicated a new flag pole there to neighborhood children."
After a heavy rain, water from the North Branch of the Chicago River flows over more of the concrete dam. Today it was just through the center section.