Friends of the Chicago Portage

The Chicago Portage has always been a Portal from one place and time to another.

To pass through this Portal, explore the image below with your mouse or click on the navigation links below.

The Chicago Portage National Historic Site - Site History

Friends of the Chicago Portage - MEMBERS MEETING - SEE BELOW

Explorers - Source documents & images

Teachers - Download a curricula that helps teachers and their students explore the early history of Chicago.

FREE PUBLIC TOURS
Join Friends on one of our free public tours. Tours will be conducted on the first Saturday of each month starting May 2nd, with the last tour on
November 7, 2009
Click HERE to read more about the 2009 Tours.

Discover the sites of Chicago's hidden history!
Explore the route of Joliet & Marquette journey through the Chicago Portage on the next

"Discovery of Chicago" Bus Tour
Saturday, June 13, 2009 from 10am to 3pm

Click here to read more and to make a reservation

 

We are initiating a series of quarterly members meetings as a way of offering our members an opportunity to meet (or re-meet) each other as well as to have an opportunity to share our common interests in the “Portage” and Chicago’s “birth story”.

Our next “social” meeting will be on Saturday, May 30, from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M., the location will be annouced here shortly.

Last updated: May 12, 2009