Chicago Portage
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chicago-portage-174-9563367
title:
Chicago Portage
text:
The Chicago Portage was an ancient portage that connected the Great Lakes waterway system with the Mississippi River system. Connecting these two great water trails meant comparatively easy access from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River on the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains, and the Gulf of Mexico. The approximately six-mile link had been used by Native Americans for thousands of years during the Pre-Columbian era for travel and trade. In the summer of 1673 members of the Kaskaskia, a tr
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Ancient path connecting the Great Lakes waterway system with the Mississippi River system
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Portage
date created:
2005-10-21T18:48:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T21:52:23Z
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