This last Sunday (5/6/2018) I revisited Canal Origins Park.   This is the second time I have been to this historic site.    The Park is located at 2840 South Ashland Avenue.   It is at this site that the following can be seen:  South Fork of the South Branch Chicago River  (This is also known as Bubbly Creek); the beginning of the Sanitary and Ship Canal; the South Branch of the Chicago River; the Turning Basin–a remnant of the I and M canal.

     Unfortunately, much of the park has suffered damage from vandalism

    This site is located in Lyons, Illinois.  It is  in the Chicago Portage Forest Preserve and the Ottawa Trail Woods Forest Preserve.  It is at the junction of Portage Creek with the DesPlaines River.  It contains the west end of the Chicago Portage between the DesPlaines River and the Chicago River.  The Portage contains the Portage Creek and Mud Lake.

     There is a memorial depicting Marquette and Joliet near the parking area

     The Loyola Station Red Line is located at 1200 West Loyola Avenue.  The current facility is the third at this site.  The first was built in 1908.  Its entrance was at Loyola Avenue.  That station was rebuilt in 1921.  The station was rebuilt in 1980–1982.  Its entrance was on the west side of Sheridan Rd.  More recently, the station was remodeled in 2012-2013.  A plaza was added at that time.  The station has a Dunkin Donuts franchise and a newstand.   At one time, there was a McDonald’s Restaurant.

     The platform is narrow and approximately 1000 feet in length. It is elevated on a fill and island between North and southbound tracks.

Films added 5/14/2018

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