41°33′N 87°27′W / 41.55°N 87.45°W / 41.55; -87.45 The Calumet Region is the geographic area drained by the Grand Calumet River and the Little Calumet River of northeastern Illinois and northwestern Indiana in the United States . It is part of the Great Lakes Basin , which eventually reaches the Atlantic Ocean. It is a sub-region of the greater Northwest Indiana region and the even larger Great Lakes region .
15-879: [REDACTED] Look up calumet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Calumet may refer to: Places [ edit ] United States [ edit ] Calumet Region , in northern Illinois and Indiana Calumet River Calumet Trail , Indiana Calumet (East Chicago) Calumet, Colorado Calumet, Iowa Calumet, Michigan Calumet, Minnesota Calumet, Missouri Calumet, Ohio Calumet, Oklahoma Calumet, Pennsylvania Calumet, Wisconsin Calumet City, Illinois Calumet County, Wisconsin Calumet Township (disambiguation) , several places Canada [ edit ] Calumet,
30-564: A French, colonial-era term for a certain type of Native American ceremonial pipe Calumet (album) , a 1973 album by Lobo Calumet (train) , Amtrak's former commuter rail service between Valparaiso, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois Calumet Baking Powder Company , an American food company Calumet Farm , a well-known Thoroughbred horse breeding farm, owned by the founder of the Calumet Baking Powder Company Calumet Photographic ,
45-753: A college at York University Calumet River (Laurentides) [ fr ] , a river running through the municipality of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge in the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet , municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec Pointe-Calumet , municipality in the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality, Quebec Ships [ edit ] Calumet (1884 ship) ,
60-691: A name that the Iroquois had given to the Potawatomi that were known to occupy the region at that point in time. Calumet station (disambiguation) (Redirected from Calumet station (disambiguation) ) Calumet station may refer to: Calumet station (Illinois) , East Hazel Crest, Illinois Calumet Air Force Station , near Phoenix, Michigan Calumet Fire Station , Calumet, Michigan See also [ edit ] Coast Guard Station Calumet Harbor Calumet (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
75-475: A photographic retail and photofinishing specialty store in Chicago See also [ edit ] Calumet station (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Calumet Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Calumet . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
90-644: A steamship; wrecked off Evanston, Illinois in 1889; see Lawrence O. Lawson Calumet (1929 ship) , a lake freighter; scrapped in 2008 Calumet (1973 ship) , a lake freighter USS Calumet , several ships of the United States Navy Educational institutions [ edit ] Calumet College of St. Joseph , Whiting, Indiana, United States Calumet College, York University , Toronto, Ontario, Canada Calumet High School (Chicago) , Chicago, Illinois, United States Other uses [ edit ] Calumet ,
105-624: The least weasel . The Calumet Region includes the Indiana cities of Gary , East Chicago , Hammond , Highland , Griffith , Munster , Merrillville , Schererville , Hobart , Whiting , Crown Point , Dyer , Saint John , and Valparaiso . In Illinois a number of cities and villages lie in the Calumet watershed including: the southernmost part of Chicago , Lansing , Calumet City , South Holland , Riverdale , Burnham , Calumet Park , and Blue Island The Calumet Region includes land from
120-489: The 1930s. The Memorial Day massacre of 1937 , where ten steelworkers' rights activists were killed by police officers during a demonstration, occurred on Chicago's southeast side. Today, Calumet is notable as a site of many habitat restoration projects. The area contains many endangered dune , Swale , and moraine based ecosystems. Many Forest Preserve District of Cook County sites, such as Powderhorn Prairie, 95th/Dan Ryan Woods, and Eggers Grove are being restored under
135-531: The Kankakee Marsh to the south, the Calumet Region was the last-settled portion of Indiana. The area is known for its industrial heritage and history as a center for production of steel , minerals and chemicals . The toxic byproducts of these industries present major issues for public safety and natural resource management today. The region was a center for the labor rights movement of
150-718: The care of volunteer stewards. In addition, nonprofit groups partner with the Forest Preserve District and Chicago Park District to complete larger-scale restoration projects. Major partners include The Field Museum , the Wetlands Initiative , and local branches of The Nature Conservancy , Green Corps and the Student Conservation Association . Many of these sites have become host to locally rare and threatened species like Blanding's turtle , Wilson's phalarope and
165-564: The following Indiana townships in Porter County: Portage , Union , Westchester , Liberty , Center , Pine , Jackson , Washington . It includes land located within the following townships of Lake County: North , St. John , Calumet , Hobart , and Ross . It also includes Coolspring Township in La Porte County. The name Calumet is said to come from French interpretations of either the Potawatomi name for
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#1732772869324180-474: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calumet&oldid=1259071502 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Ship disambiguation pages Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Calumet Region This region includes
195-401: The northern parts of Lake and Porter counties and the western portion of La Porte county in Indiana, as well as the eastern counties of northern Illinois, Will and Cook . Since much of this region is on the south shore of Lake Michigan , it is sometimes referred to as the "South Shore". Because it was initially cut off from the rest of the state due to natural geographic barriers like
210-486: The rivers and lake in question (“low body of deep, still water”) or is a corruption of the Old French term Chalemel , which means "reed". The word appears on early maps as Cal-La-Mick , Kil-La-Mick , Calumic , etc. The first known print reference to refer to this area as a distinct geographical region is the 1755 map created by John Mitchell. In this map, however, he referred to the geographic region as "Quadoche",
225-462: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Calumet station . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calumet_station&oldid=895460143 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Station disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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