Everglades of the North:The Story of The Grand Kankakee Marsh - trailer
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- Less than a century ago, the Grand Kankakee Marsh once saturated nearly a million acres in the heart of the Midwest. This documentary reveals the diverse ecology, illustrates the astonishing history, and explores the controversial saga of the Grand Kankakee Marsh in how people have used and perceived this wetland for more than 10,000 years.
I grew up north of the Kankakee River by Lake Michigan in Hammond, Indiana. The land on either side of the river was as flat as a pool table with clay soils that took forever to drain in the Spring then in the Summer after it rained. It was impassable for most of the year so travelers had to detour around it. Indiana decided to straighten the river channel and dig drainage ditches that flowed into the river so roads could be built across that region for travelers, railroads and farming. The State of Illinois held that marsh this video is talking about. It's water is retained by a limestone ledge that restricts the flow of the Kankakee. Indiana was fixing to blast the ledge until being stopped by Illinois lawmen. Not far from the river is the Kentland Crater. It was a rock formation found in 1880 about one foot beneath the surface. The landowners began to quarry the rock to find it was several types standing straight up. In 1971 geologists said it was a rebound dome inside a meteor crater where rock 2000 feet deeper was shoved down from the impact then sprang straight up as it rebounded. The dome is 3 miles in diameter and all traces of the crater had disappeared due to erosion and glaciers. They believe the dome had lost 900 feet in height for the same reasons.
My father grew up in Chicago Heights. He would take a street car to the train station, get on a train and go south to this area. The train would let him off and he would rabbit and squirrel hunt all day. In the evening he would make a fire by the RR tracks. The train would stop and pick him up take him back home. He would be carrying all that game and a shotgun, no big deal in those days. 1920s
I Grew up in this area and now have lived for over 23 Year on the North East portion of what used to be part of the Grand Kankakee Marsh and have unearthed the fresh Water shells but at the time didn't realize they could contain pearls how cool is that but what isn't cool was the elimination of this National Treasure by Man not understanding its importance to this area. I hope to restore some of this land that I own back to some of its natural beauty.
Your going to convert your land back to marshland? I think you can get grants to do that. Really cool if you can do it without flooding your neighbors
I love to learn about history, especially LOCAL history. Would love to see more! Thank you for sharing. :)
We missed it on Thursday. Hope to see it aired again soon. We live in the southern end of what used to be the marsh and would be very interested to see it. Thanks
Thanks again to Mr. Bowman of the Chicago Sun~Times for bringing this to our attention. 5*!
The film will be air next week:
Monday, November 5th, 2012
8pm CST
NWIN Lakeshore Public Television
Merrillville, Indiana
Thursday, November 8th, 2012 8pm EST
WNIT Public Television
South Bend, Indiana
Hope you can tune it to watch!
Can I buy a copy of this on DVD?
Leave it to man kind 80 years later and they still can't get it right shameful. Imagine the economic engine the grand marsh would be today for Indiana and Illinois if it still existed? Come on people this is a noble cause for the future open your wallets it's for your children and theres will benefit.
Put some contact info up please
Sickening what was done 😡
I hope to one day see a massive flood to bring back the original marsh to its natural state one can only hope.
Can't happen. All the irrigation ditches and man made rivers now divert the water to the Kankakee and yellow river
Unacceptable behavior