Irving Park Road to Chicago Avenue

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Skill level: Beginner

Length: 5.5 miles

Directions: Enter the Irving Park Road Canoe Launch on the east side of River Road just north of Irving Park Road (Rt. 19) in Schiller Park.

Approximately 1/3 mile past the 1st Avenue Bridge is the Armitage Street Dam.  Portage the dam at the built-in canoe chute on river right.

Just past the Chicago Ave. Bridge stay to the left (east side) to enter the north channel around an island in the river.  The take-out is approximately 300 feet east from the beginning of the channel on river left (the north bank).