Map or Atlas
Map Exhibiting Routes by Which the Navigation of the Mississippi River May be Connected with the Navigation of the Lakes
![This map, one of a series made by Thomas Jefferson Cram of the U.S. Topographical Engineers from personal surveys, covers the area from Green Bay to the juncture of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and shows the three canals in progress or proposed that would render navigation possible between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. Shown are the Illinois and Michigan Canal, in progress between Chicago and Peru, on the Illinois River; the proposed Milwaukee and Rock River Canal, in Wisconsin; and the canal proposed between Lake Winnebago and the Rock River in Wisconsin. These maps were published with the Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of reports, plans and estimates for the improvement of the Neenah, Wiskonsin [sic] and Rock rivers, the improvement of the haven of Rock River, and the construction of a pier at the northern extremity of Winnebago Lake, issued in the United States Serial Set as Senate Doc. 318, 26th Congress, 1st session, 1840.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700011250183/1125003641-l.jpg "Map Exhibiting Routes by Which the Navigation of the Mississippi River May be Connected with the Navigation of the Lakes")
| This map, one of a series made by Thomas Jefferson Cram of the U.S. Topographical Engineers from personal surveys, covers the area from Green Bay to the juncture of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and shows the three canals in progress or proposed that would render navigation possible between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. Shown are the Illinois and Michigan Canal, in progress between Chicago and Peru, on the Illinois River; the proposed Milwaukee and Rock River Canal, in Wisconsin; and the canal proposed between Lake Winnebago and the Rock River in Wisconsin. These maps were published with the Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of reports, plans and estimates for the improvement of the Neenah, Wiskonsin [sic] and Rock rivers, the improvement of the haven of Rock River, and the construction of a pier at the northern extremity of Winnebago Lake, issued in the United States Serial Set as Senate Doc. 318, 26th Congress, 1st session, 1840. |
| Image ID: | 116468 |
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| Creation Date: | 1839 |
| Creator Name: | Stone, William James, 1798-1865 |
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| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Map Collection |
| Genre: | Map or Atlas |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | H GX902 1839 CR |
| Original Dimensions: | 35 x 21 cm., on sheet 40 x 23 cm. |
| Land |
| Canals |
| Michigan, Lake |
| Mississippi River |
| Rivers |
| Wisconsin River (Wis.) |
| Reporters and reporting |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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