Lock 14 - I & M Canal Traditional Cache
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The need to link Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River through a canal had been envisioned as early as the 1600's when the Great Lakes area was first explored. Construction of the Illinois & Michigan (I & M) began in 1837. It was also represented the last major Canal undertaking in the United States. When it was completed in 1848, it provided a continuous waterway stretching from New York (through the Erie Canal, Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan to Chicago, then through the I & M for 97 miles entering the Illinois River at La Salle, Illinois to the Mississippi River, to New Orleans) to the Gulf of Mexico.
Lock 14 located in Lasalle, IL has undergone major restoration in the last couple of years. The latest addition is a mule drawn canal boat and the Lock 16 Visitors Center (located 2 blocks north).
Cache is a 20 oz sports bottle which will hold small items. Log and pencil are in the cache.
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