Title 33Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§27a Chicago River, West Fork of South Branch

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 27a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Declares the part of the West Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River in Cook County, Illinois — the stretch between the west line (produced north) of the Collateral Channel of the Sanitary District of Chicago in the northwest quarter of section 36, township 39 north, range 13 east, third principal meridian, and a line one thousand three hundred feet east of and parallel to the west line of section 30 (the section line in South Western Avenue), township 39 north, range 13 east, third principal meridian, in the city of Chicago, as it now exists or may later be extended — to be a nonnavigable stream under the U.S. Constitution and federal law. The right to change, amend, or repeal this declaration is kept.

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Title 33, §27a

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That portion of the West Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River in Cook County, Illinois, lying between the west line (produced north) of the Collateral Channel of the Sanitary District of Chicago, in the northwest quarter of section 36, township 39 north, range 13 east, third principal meridian, and a line one thousand three hundred feet east of and parallel to the west line of section 30 (section line in South Western Avenue), township 39 north, range 13 east, third principal meridian, in the city of Chicago, Illinois, as the same now exists or may hereafter be extended, is declared to be a nonnavigable stream within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

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33 U.S.C. § 27a

Title 33Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73