§26b Portion of Calumet River, Chicago, as nonnavigable stream

Summary

A portion of the Calumet River in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois is declared nonnavigable under U.S. law. The stretch lies between two straight-line markers: the first begins on the south line of the north half of section 36, township 37 north, range 14 east, of the third principal meridian, 1,873.07 feet west of the east line, and then runs northwest to a point 3,280 feet west of the east line and 785 feet south of the north line of that section. The second begins at a point 585 feet east of the west line and 732 feet north of the south line of section 31, township 37 north, range 15 east, of the third principal meridian, and then runs north 46 degrees 30 minutes east in a straight line to the river’s eastern water edge. Congress keeps the right to change or repeal this designation.