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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Des Plaines, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Des Plaines is one of the most economically diverse towns of fewer than 100,000 persons in the United States, with home values ranging from $30,000 mobile home units to $1,000,000-plus estates.
		Des Plaines is served by elementary and middle school Districts 59 and 62 as well as high school District 207 Maine West High School and District 214 Elk Grove High School.
		Des Plaines City detectives tracked Gacy down, as the 30-40 previous victims were investigated by Chicago and other detectives that mainly wrote off the disappearances as "runaways" and closed the files.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Des-Plaines%2C-Illinois (5716 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		Des Plaines is French for "of the plains" or "of the prairie."
		The river turns to the west and flows through woodland forest preserve districts in Lake County and Cook County (and through the city of Des Plaines), northwest of Chicago.
		Parts of the Des Plaines River preserved in a mostly natural state are used for conservation and recreation, while substantially altered sections serve as an important industrial waterway and drainage channel.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Des_Plaines_River (628 words)

	Des Plaines River
		This river combines its flow with that of the Kankakee southwest of Joliet to create the Illinois River, a significant tributary of the Mississippi.
		The Des Plaines rises in wetlands near Union Grove, Wisconsin, and flows 150 miles (105 miles in Illinois) southwest to its confluence with the Kankakee.
		At Lockport, south of the confluence between the Sanitary Canal and the Des Plaines, the river resumes its original course.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/375.html (555 words)

	History, Des Plaines, Illinois (IL)
		The Des Plaines River Valley was occupied by the Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa Indians immediately prior to the arrival of the first settlers from the East during the second quarter of the nineteenth century.
		Des Plaines was reincorporated in 1873 and was officially organized in 1874 with the election of the first village board.
		Des Plaines was a thriving community when, in 1925, voters approved a proposal to adopt the present City form of government, with H.T. Bennet as the first Mayor.
	www.desplaines.org /Community/History.htm (653 words)

	Des Plaines, Illinois -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Des Plaines (DEHS PLAYNZ, (Click link for more info and facts about IPA) IPA /dɛzˈplejnz/) is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about Cook County, Illinois) Cook County, Illinois.
		Des Plaines is located at 42°2'2" North, 87°53'59" West (42.033848, -87.899786).
		Des Plaines City detectives tracked Gacy down, as the 30-40 previous victims were investigated by Chicago and other detectives that mainly wrote off the disappearances as "runaways" and closed the files.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/des_plaines,_illinois.htm (692 words)

	Des Plaines River - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		From its origin, the Des Plaines flows in a southernly direction primarly through marshland as it crosses into Illinois.
		The river eventually turns to the west and enters the woodlands of the Lake County Forest Preserve.
		Eventually, the river turns to the southwest and flows through the town of Joliet.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Des_Plaines_River (151 words)

	The Des Plaines River -- Part One
		Drainage of the Chicago Plain, and an outlet other than Lake Michigan for the city's sewage, and a deep waterway to the Illinois River, were all accomplished by constructing a canal through that divide and utilizing another natural feature: the Des Plaines River.
		The Des Plaines is a placid prairie stream that, from swampy sources in Kenosha and Racine counties, Wisconsin, meanders southward through a flat valley roughly parallel to the shore of Lake Michigan.
		At Brandon Road lock and dam, south of Joliet, the canal ends and the Des Plaines, widened and deepened as part of the Illinois Deep Waterway, continues southwest until it joins with the Kankakee to form the Illinois River.
	www.newton.dep.anl.gov /natbltn/600-699/nb606.htm (582 words)

	Des Plaines River
		The river merges its flow with the Kankakee southwest of Joliet to create the Illinois River, a significant tributary of the Mississippi.
		The Des Plaines has been traveled by native people for untold generations, and has become the principal water route westward from Lake Michigan toward the Mississippi River.
		The present site of Des Plaines was determined during the 1850's by the Illinois and Wisconsin Land Company, a group of land speculators engaged in building a railroad from Chicago to Janesville, Wisconsin. In 1857, when the Chicago, St. Paul...
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h2318.html (300 words)

	IL Des Plaines River - Trailville
		There are some sections of the river where it comes pretty close to the Des Plaines River Bike Trail so you may occasionally hear voices, but thanks to heavy vegetation you and the trail users are unlikely to see each other.
		Though you won't really notice it from the river, the area to the west of the first couple of miles of this section is part of a wetlands restoration and research area.
		The river north of the Route 176 bridge (located halfway through this route) is very much like the section just north of the Independence Grove launch, however south of Rte 176 you start to encounter more houses, office buildings, industrial buildings, and the first dam on the river.
	www.trailville.com /wiki/index.php?title=IL_Des_Plaines_River (3324 words)

	AllRefer.com - Des Plaines, river, United States, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Des Plaines, river, United States, U.S. Physical Geography
		Des Plaines, river, 110 mi (177 km) long, rising in SE Wis., and flowing S and SW through NE Ill., joining the Kankakee River S of Joliet, Ill., to form the Illinois River.
		The lower Des Plaines is part of the Illinois Waterway.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DesPlainRiv.html (166 words)

	IL Des Plaines River Trail - Trailville
		The Des Plaines River Trail is a scenic multi-use trail that meanders its way 28+ miles through Lake County, Illinois along the Des Plaines River.
		As the trail is located along the Des Plaines River floodplain, it is at risk for flooding.
		The Des Plaines River Trail is a multi-use trail.
	www.trailville.com /wiki/index.php?title=IL_Des_Plaines_River_Trail (1970 words)

	Prairie State Canoeists - Des Plaines River
		However, the river and scenery is mostly undisturbed.
		Just upstream from the River Trails Nature Center. It is on the west side of Milwaukee Avenue on the south side of the river just south of where Milwaukee & River Road split.
		SFP is an Illinois Nature Preserve and they are trying to discourage fisherman and paddlers from using the riverbank in front of the prairie to keep down the litter and floodplain damage. Thank you for respecting their wishes for this area.
	www.psc.ctsserver.com /rivers/desplaines.htm (589 words)

	Des Plaines River Trail - Into the Wild
		The lush valley of the Des Plaines River, which originates in Wisconsin and eventually merges with the Kankakee to become the Illinois River in Grundy County, is a natural highlight of Lake County.
		In the northern tip of the county, the river cuts a watery course through prairies, wetlands and savannas.
		As the river slips south, it passes through some of the county’s richest woodlands.
	chicagowildernessmag.org /issues/fall1997/IWdesplainesriver.html (547 words)

	DES PLAINES RIVER RRA, SOUTH CHICAGO ILLINOIS, USA
		The Des Plaines River RRA is a small, highly urbanized site which forms a narrow corridor along the river from just west of Chicago to Joliet.
		The Des Plaines River RRA ranks third in percentage of upland woods and second in percentage of nonforested wetlands, although actual acreages are relatively low.
		Larger wooded tracts are located in county forest preserves, especially at the confluence of the Calumet Sag Channel and the Des Plaines River.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /cwe/rra/site9.html (462 words)

	Des Plaines River Update
		The Des Plaines spills over its banks at approximately 7.0 feet and problems with roadway access along Emerald Avenue and Kilbourne Road occur at approximately 8.5 feet.
		Upstream from Gurnee in Russell, the river measured 6.73 feet at 11:45 am and is predicted to crest at 7.3 feet on March 25th.
		River heights and crest predictions may also be found at www.nws.noaa.gov.
	www.gurnee.il.us /admin/press_release/2007/03-22-07_river_update.html (198 words)

	Des Plaines River Paddling/Fishing
		The Des Plaines shares its swampy headwaters in the swamps between Racine and Kenosha, with the Root River.
		As the glacial periods ended, the Des Plaines continued to flow into the retreating Lake Michigan until the levels of the area known as Lake Chicago dropped beyond the present location of Kedzie Avenue.
		The Des Plaines is then channelized and turns southwest again a short while later, running parallel to and just north of the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal and the Stevenson Expressway (I-55).
	pages.ripco.net /~jwn/desplaines.html (1790 words)

	Des Plaines River United States: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The lower Des Plaines is part of the Illinois Waterway.
		...and the junction of the DuPage and Des Plaines rivers.
		Des Plaines Library displays pewter and brass...by presenting the flags of the United States, Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Hanover...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/des-plaines-river-united-states.jsp?l=D&p=2 (1360 words)

	Des Plaines River Study - News of the Wild - Winter 2003
		A major survey of the upper Des Plaines River is part of the $9.8 million Phase II Feasibility Study on ecosystem restoration and flood control.
		Supervised by the Army Corps of Engineers, the project brings together federal, state, and local organizations and is the first comprehensive look at the river's ability to support wildlife and native vegetation and also to evaluate the health of 21 tributaries upstream of the river's confluence with Salt Creek at the village of Riverside.
		The river flows through communities in Racine and Kenosha counties in southeastern Wisconsin, and through eastern Illinois communities including Gurnee, Libertyville, Vernon Hills, Mount Prospect, Park Ridge, River Grove, Riverside, and, of course, Des Plaines.
	www.chicagowildernessmag.org /issues/winter2003/news/desplainesriver.html (470 words)

	Our Community & Flooding -- Des Plaines River Watershed Project Status
		The Des Plaines River watershed is unique in the Chicago Metropolitan Area as it retains a rural character in Wisconsin and portions of Lake County.
		While the banks of the upper Des Plaines are protected by a narrow system of forest preserve holdings along its course in Illinois, suburban development within the watershed has created a river system that is in danger of losing its ecological and hydrological integrity.
		The Wisconsin-Illinois Upper Des Plaines River Ecosystem Partnership was organized in September, 1996, to promote collaboration among the diverse organizations and private landowners who share an interest in improving the quality of life within the watershed, and to address multiple objectives throughout the watershed in both states.
	www.mwrdgc.dst.il.us /engineering/ourcommunityflooding/OCFBody0201.htm (2325 words)

	USATODAY.com - Des Plaines River crests lower than expected in Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		GURNEE, Ill. (AP) — The Des Plaines River, swollen out of its banks by a weekend of torrential rainfall, crested at a lower level than forecast and started to recede after driving 18 families from their homes.
		Rivers also were receding in Iowa, where up to 6 inches of rain fell during the weekend.
		The Rock River was expected to crest Sunday at 12.3 feet at Jefferson, where flood stage is 10 feet.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-05-26-floods_x.htm (446 words)

	Oak Park Board of Realtors - Community Profile: River Forest
		River Forest became known as "the village of churches and schools." The first district school was built in 1850.
		From the Harrison Art District, the many galleries on Lake and Marion Streets and the variety of musical performance venues, to the innumerable artists, artisans, graphic artists, musicians, writers and indigenous theatre groups, the Village of Oak Park is the hub for a lively arts community often supported by the Oak Park Area Arts Council.
		Shopping: River Forest has a small town feel but is still close to shopping, both in town and in the nearby Village of Oak Park and at the Oak Brook Shopping Mall in the nearby Village of Oak Brook, known for its outstanding mix of retailers and its beautiful outdoor ambiance.
	www.oakparkrealtors.org /ComPro/River_Forest/river_forest.html (608 words)

	Upper Des Plaines River Basin Critical Trends Assessment: Sidebar - Flood Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As is true of most rivers with small watersheds, the flows of the presettlement Des Plaines varied enormously with the seasons.
		Interestingly, the river's flood peaks actually have been reduced in the past 25 years, thanks partly to reservoirs built on the Des Plaines's tributaries that intercept flood water before it reaches the river.
		In crowded metropolitan areas like the upper Des Plaines, nature has been teaching a lesson that is beginning to sink in-that the way to live with a river is to keep it alive.
	dnr.state.il.us /orep/c2000/assessments/upper_des_plaines/floodcontrol.htm (576 words)

	Illinois.gov - Illinois Government News Network (IGNN) - Search the News Results
		DES PLAINES -- Governor George H. Ryan today announced $1.2 million in Illinois FIRST funds to improve storm water drainage as part of flood control efforts in the Des Plaines River watershed.
		The $1.2 million in Illinois FIRST funding for the Farmer's and Prairie creeks in Des Plaines and Maine Township in Cook County is through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Water Resources.
		The project will be completed in cooperation with the cities of Des Plaines and Park Ridge, the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Cook County Forest Preserve District.
	www.illinois.gov /PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=1287 (392 words)

	Paddling the Des Plaines River - Into the Wild
		The Des Plaines runs 95 miles through four Illinois counties, changing along the way from prairie creek to a suburban stream, to a large urbanized river, to a major industrial waterway
		The Des Plaines River begins in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, and flows south into Illinois as a small, shallow prairie stream.
		Fortunately for paddlers, the Lake and Cook County Forest Preserve Districts have protected long stretches of the river by creating a nearly continuous greenway though all of Lake County and the northern section of Cook County.
	www.chicagowildernessmag.org /issues/summer2000/IWdesplaines.html (528 words)

	UDPREP profile
		The Upper Des Plaines River originates in primarily agricultural Racine and Kenosha Counties in southeastern Wisconsin and flows south by southeast to the confluence with Salt Creek near Riverside, Illinois.
		The Des Plaines River Trail is nearly complete and connects ten Forest Preserves with local parks and communities as it winds through the Greenway from just south of the Illinois-Wisconsin border to Deerfield, and ending at Lake Cook Road.
		In spite of the numerous flood control efforts, the Des Plaines River is one of the most flood-prone waterways in the region.
	www.upperdesplainesriver.org /profile.htm (2944 words)

	Chicago Athlete -- Regional News Article
		One thousand entries (2,000 paddlers) are expected the morning of Sunday, May 20 for the Des Plaines River Canoe Marathon.
		In its 44th consecutive year, the Des Plaines race is the oldest continuously held canoe marathon in the country.
		Jim Peterson, chairman of the Des Plaines River Association, also is chairman of the race.
	www.chicagoaa.com /news/Desplaines01.html (265 words)

	Morton Grove Champion :: News :: The Flood of '86
		The Des Plaines River washed over the Grand Avenue bridge in River Grove and rendered River Road and other streets navigable only by boat, and the village was closed to outside traffic.
		The Upper Des Plaines River's watershed spans about 480 square miles from Wisconsin to Riverside, with tributaries feeding it along its meandering path south.
		The 109.4-mile stretch of tunnels is designed to act as an underground river during heavy storms to capture raw sewage and move it for treatment.
	www.pioneerlocal.com /mortongrove/news/75745,mg-flood-092706-s1.article (790 words)

	C2000 Lower Des Plaines River Basin Critical Trends Assessment: Page Three (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The ridge that divides the Chicago River drainage basin from the Des Plaines basin runs through the eastern half of the region, but the two dominant moraines are the Valparaiso Morainic System, along the Des Plaines River valley's western edge, and the Tinley Moraine, near the DuPage-Cook County line.
		In the southern part of the Lower Des Plaines basin, for example, bedrock valleys that were buried and changed by the glaciations in the past 1.5 million years lie below the modern Des Plaines River, with the modern streams eroding into them.
		As a result, preserving and restoring wetlands in river and stream lowlands is considered an important priority in the basin.
	dnr.state.il.us /orep/c2000/assessments/lower_des_plaines/page3.htm (539 words)

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