Lake Calumet Area Treasure Map
The Lake Calumet area is situated between the Illinois Heritage Corridor and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The map shows the proposed corridors which would make up the park lands. Below that, a detailed map of the land surrounding Lake Calumet shows the wealth of natural resources threatened by inappropriate development and pollution. Only four of the sites shown on the map are protected areas.
Areas marked with an asterisk(*) are threatened. The size of each area and the owners are indicated where known.

  1. *Altgeld Gardens Marsh
    16 acres
    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
  2. Beaubien Woods Forest Preserve
    250 acres
    Forest Preserve District of Cook County
  3. *Big Marsh
    290 acres
    WMX (Waste Management. Inc.)
  4. *Burnham Prairie (not shown on map)
    175 acres
    WMX (Waste Management, Inc.)
  1. *Calumet River
  2. *Deadstick Pond
    80 acres
    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
  3. *Eggers Woods Extension
  4. Eggers Woods Forest preserve
    250 acres
    Forest Preserve District of Cook County
  5. *Grand Calumet River
  6. *Hegewisch Marsh
    140 acres
    WMX(Waste Management, Inc.)
  7. *Heron Pond
    50 acres
    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and many private owners
  8. *Hyde Lake
    40 acres
    Republic Steel
  9. *Indian Ridge Marsh North
    105 acres
    Many private owners
  10. *Indian Ridge Marsh South
    60 acres
    Many private owners
  11. *Interchange Marsh
    11.8 acres
    Illinois Department of Transportation
  12. *Kensington Marsh (not shown on map)
    15 acres (mitigation)
    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
  1. *Lake Calumet
    540 acres
    Illinois International Port Authority
  2. *Little Calumet River
  3. *Migrant Bird Trap (not shown on map)
    16 acres
    Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO)
  4. *O'Brien Lock Marsh and Whitford Pond
    120 acres
    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
  5. Powderhorn Lake Forest Preserve
    175 acres
    Forest Preserve District of Cook County
  6. *Powderhorn Lake Extension
    10 acres
  7. *Railroad Prairie
    190 acres
    Norfolk and Southern Railway
  8. *Turning Basin Wetland
  9. *Van Vlissingen Prairie
    160 acres
    Illinois Harbor Belt Railway
  10. William W. Powers Conservation Area (Wolf Lake)
    613 acres
    Illinois Department of Conservation
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