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long-section of the GIT is the southern section along the state canal trails, between Joliet and the Quad Cities. This southern section includes the Old Plank Road Trail, the
Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail, the projected Kaskaskia Alliance Trail and the Hennepin Canal, and is the northern routing of the cross-country American Discovery Trail.
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Its trail surfaces vary from asphalt trails to low-volume streets to limestone-screened trails. particularly noteworthy is the famous
Prairie Path through the western suburbs of Chicago, which was the first long rail-trail development in America, along with the great Chicago Lakefront trail. The best
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The Grand
Illinois Trail began life in 1992 when three La Salle County residents began exploring ways to connect the existing Hennepin and Illinois & Michigan Canal state trails. By completing a short 16-mile gap, a major span across the state—from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River—could be
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Daviess County, Chicago streetscapes and Lake Michigan, the Mississippi river, the Upper Illinois River Valley, Small Town America and medium-sized cities and suburbs. Those
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385:Events
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