Kayaking with the Northwest Passage of Wilmette

Apr 28, 2005 6:01 am US/Central

CHICAGO (CBS 2) With more than 27 miles of Chicago lakefront and the countless miles one could spend paddling in Lake Michigan, on the local rivers and in dozens of Park District, Forrest Preserves and Illinois State Park Lakes in the Chicagoland area, it’s easy to see why kayaking is as popular as it is liberating.

It is quite thrill to paddle out into the lake and look back on the skyline as the sun rises in the East. Any time exploring the Fox River is time well spent. You could navigate from your cockpit a preserve or park waterway in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will counties in Illinois and have a blast. When you explore the bordering counties in Wisconsin and Indiana by kayak, you really can have an amazing adventure right here in our own backyard.

According to Keith Heger from The Northwest Passage in Willmette “Lake Michigan and the remaining Great Lakes is the largest body of fresh water in the world. Even though we live in the Midwest, we are far from landlocked.”