Kickapoo Creek (Illinois)
Kickapoo Creek is a tributary of the Illinois River in the U.S. state of Illinois. After rising in northern Peoria County, Illinois, Peoria County, it winds through and drains much of the county. In its lower reaches, the creek drains much of the city of Peoria, Illinois, Peoria as it approaches its mouth. The creek is credited with powering the first factory in Peoria, an 1830 watermill.Balance, Charles (1870).''The History of Peoria, Illinois'' pp. 127-28. N.C. Nason. Close to the southern city limts of Peoria, the creek discharges into the Illinois River. The Rock Island Trail State Park (Illinois), Rock Island Trail passes over upper Kickapoo Creek by bridge. In its midcourse, the creek flows past Jubilee College State Park and Wildlife Prairie Park. Kickapoo Creek, according to the USGS station https://waterdata.usgs.gov/il/nwis/uv/?site_no=05580000&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 at Waynesville, IL, has an annual discharge of 183 cubic feet per second. References

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Illinois River
The Illinois River ( mia, Inoka Siipiiwi) is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River and is approximately long. Located in the U.S. state of Illinois, it has a drainage basin of . The Illinois River begins at the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers in the Chicago metropolitan area, and it generally flows to the southwest across Illinois, until it empties into the Mississippi near Grafton, Illinois. Its drainage basin extends into southeastern Wisconsin, northwestern Indiana, and a very small area of southwestern Michigan in addition to central Illinois. Along it's shores are several ports, including Peoria, Illinois. The river was important among Native Americans and early French traders as the principal water route connecting the Great Lakes with the Mississippi. The French colonial settlements along these rivers formed the heart of the area known as the Illinois Country in the 17th and 18th centuries. After the construction of the Illinois and Mich ...
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