| North Shore Channel | |
|---|---|
 The North Shore Channel near the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois | |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 7.7 miles (12.4 km) |
| Navigation authority | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago |
| History | |
| Date completed | 1910 |
| Geography | |
| Start point | Lake Michigan in Wilmette, Illinois |
| End point | North Branch Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois |
| Branch of | North Branch Chicago River |
The North Shore Channel is a drainage canal built between 1907 and 1910 to flush the sewage-filled North Branch of the Chicago River down the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.[1] The sewage carrying duty has been largely taken over by the Chicago Deep Tunnel, but there are still occasional discharges due to heavy rains.[2]
- ^ Hill, Libby (2000). The Chicago River, A Natural and Unnatural History. Chicago: Lake Claremont Press. pp. 139–151. ISBN 1-893121-02-X.
- ^ "CSO - Operational and Maintenance Plan Summary". Village of Willmette. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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