T


beaches


Chicago




extensive network


waterfront recreational areas




Chicago P



District. T


Chicago Metropolitan waterfront includes parts




L



Michigan shores






parts




banks




Chicago, D


Plaines, Calumet, F

x,



DuPage Rivers



their tributaries. T


waterfront




includes



Illinois



Michigan Canal





Sanitary



S


p Canal. Historically,



waterfront











commerce, industry,



leisure. Leisure,





fishing, swimming, hunting, walking



boating,









prevalent throughout



river sections




waterfront system




early




nineteenth century before industrial




altered



landscape. By midcentury,




leisure shifted


L



Michigan


result


industrial influence. T


first C


y


Chicago Public Beach opened


Lincoln P




1895.