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847 414-5883 (Skokie)
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Chicago River Canoe & Kayak
The Great Outdoors, Right Next Door
TRIPS TO OTHER AREA RIVERS
Little Calumet River trip - Last year, our group followed a pair of egrets, birds that
many people associate
with the Florida wetlands, down the Little Cal in south suburban South Holland.
- round trip upriver through forest preserves and then back to the launch
- Sun. June 14th, 11:00 or 12:30 launch
- $25 / boat (single or tandem kayak or canoe)
- Make Reservations at 773 704-2663 or at our e-mail
Salt Creek trip - West of the city, Salt Creek meanders through forest before pouring into the Des Plaines.
We'll paddle from Brezina Woods (off La Grange Rd.) to Brookfield.
- Sun., July 26th, 10:00 launch
- $35 / person in canoes & tandems; $45 / person in single kayaks
- Make Reservations at 773 704-2663 or at our e-mail
Des Plaines River northern trip - a 2 ˝ hr. paddle in a serene setting
in the forest preserves of Cook County.
- Mon., Sept. 7 (Labor Day), 10:00 launch
- We'll launch at Rivershire Park (just north of Deerfield Rd.) and paddle to Camp Pinewoods at Euclid & River Rd.
- $35 / person in canoes & tandems; $45 / person in singles
- Make Reservations at 773 704-2663 or at our e-mail
Kankakee River Paddle & Crane Viewing - Each fall, all the Sandhill Cranes of the upper Midwest fly south,
stopping over at a single preserve in Northwest Indiana for a month of socializing and courtship. We’ll head over to
paddle a stretch of the Kankakee River, where we may see some cranes and other
migrants, then swing by the Jasper-Pulaski preserve for the sunset spectacle of as many as 15,000 cranes returning
from their daily feeding grounds.
- Sat., Oct. 24; Sun., Oct. 25; Sat., 31; or Sun., Nov. 1
- paddling starts at midday; crane viewing from an hour before sunset; (the hours vary a bit from day to day with the sunset)
- Make Reservations at 773 704-2663 or at our e-mail
- $40 / person in canoes & tandems
- $50 / person in singles
- We'll provide transportation for a $10 contribution to gas.
- Bring binoculars if you have them! And a camera.
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Des Plaines River photo by Seth Stein


Kankakee photos by Shigeyo Henriquez

Kankakee Photo by Tom Cronin

Cranes Photo by Janice Humphrey

Cranefield by Ryan Chew
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