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Is it possible to travel by boat from the Des Plaines river in Illinois all the way to the Gulf of Mexico?

Without leaving water at anytime? Are there dams, locks, waterfalls, etc?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    Not from its source - but by the time it gets to Jolit it is part of the major industrial waterway from Chicago through to the Mississippi. There are locks - but tugs and barges don't get taken out of the water at any point.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Doubt it

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