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Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102

§26 Calumet River, Cook County, Illinois, Old Channel

Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 26

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The old channel of the Calumet River in the northwest quarter of section 30, township 37 north, range 15 east, third principal meridian, in Cook County, that lies outside the new channel lines shown on the official Calumet River map that accompanies W. G. Ewing’s report, is no longer a navigable waterway once a new navigable channel is cut through that quarter section inside the new channel lines. The old channel in the north quarter of fractional section 7, township 37 north, range 15 east, south of the Indian boundary line, in Cook County, that lies outside the new channel lines shown on that same map, is no longer a navigable waterway.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §26

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The portion of the old channel of the Calumet River in the northwest quarter of section thirty, township thirty-seven north, range fifteen east, of the third principal meridian, in Cook County, Illinois, which lies outside of the new channel lines as established by the United States and shown on “Map of the Calumet River, Illinois, from Lake Michigan to Calumet Lake, to accompany report of W. G. Ewing, United States attorney to the Attorney-General, respecting cession of right of way for improvement of said river under Act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,” is hereby abandoned as navigable water from and after the time that a navigable channel shall be cut through said quarter section within the new channel lines of the river as shown on the said map. The portion of the old channel of the Calumet River in the north quarter of fractional section seven, township thirty-seven north, range fifteen, east of the third principal meridian, south of the Indian boundary line, in Cook County, Illinois, which lies outside of the new channel lines as established by the United States and shown on “map of the Calumet River, Illinois, from Lake Michigan to Calumet Lake, to accompany report of W. G. Ewing, United States attorney, to the Attorney General, respecting cession of right of way for improvement of said river, under Act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,” is abandoned as navigable water.

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Act of Congress approved
July 5, 1884, referred to in text, is act
July 5, 1884, ch. 229, 23 Stat. 143, which provided in part for the appropriation of $50,000 for the continuing improvement of the Calumet River, provided that no part of such appropriation be expended until the right of way should have been conveyed to the United States, free from expense, and the United States released from liability to adjacent property owners, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 26

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102