§ 26b. — Portion of Calumet River, Chicago, as nonnavigable stream.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC26b]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 1--NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER II--WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME
Sec. 26b. Portion of Calumet River, Chicago, as nonnavigable
stream
The portion of the Calumet River, in the city of Chicago, county of
Cook, State of Illinois, lying between the intersections of this river
with the two lines described below, is a nonnavigable stream within the
meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States:
Beginning at a point on the south line of the north half of section
36, township 37 north, range 14 east, of the third principal meridian,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three and seven-hundredths feet
west of the east line of said section; thence northwesterly on a
straight line to a point three thousand two hundred and eighty feet west
of the east line and seven hundred and eighty-five feet south of the
north line of said section; and
Beginning at a point five hundred and eighty-five feet east of the
west line and seven hundred and thirty-two feet north of the south line
of section 31, township 37 north, range 15 east, of the third principal
meridian; thence north forty-six degrees and thirty minutes east along a
straight line to the easterly water's edge of said river.
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly
reserved.
(June 14, 1937, ch. 338, Secs. 2, 3, 50 Stat. 258, 259.)
