§26b Portion of Calumet River, Chicago, as Nonnavigable Stream

Summary

Declares a specific stretch of the Calumet River in Chicago (Cook County, Illinois) to be nonnavigable under the U.S. Constitution and laws. The stretch is the part of the river between two straight-line crossings defined by survey points: one in Section 36, Township 37 North, Range 14 East, 3rd Principal Meridian, beginning 1,873.07 feet west of that section’s east line and running northwest to a point 3,280 feet west of the east line and 785 feet south of the north line; the other in Section 31, Township 37 North, Range 15 East, 3rd Principal Meridian, beginning 585 feet east of the west line and 732 feet north of the south line and running north 46 degrees 30 minutes east to the river’s easterly water edge. The United States keeps the right to alter, amend, or repeal this declaration.