Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 26b
A specific part of the Calumet River in Chicago is declared not navigable under U.S. law. The stretch is between two straight-line points. The first starts on the south line of the north half of Section 36, Township 37 North, Range 14 East, Third Principal Meridian, 1,873.07 feet west of the east line; then goes 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 starts 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, Third Principal Meridian; then runs north 46°30′ east to the river’s easterly water edge. The right to change or repeal this designation is expressly reserved.
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33 U.S.C. § 26b
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
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Aug 21, 2026
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