A coal loading facility on the Kaskaskia River near New Athens in St. Clair County, Illinois
Kaskaskia River watershed map
Location
Country
United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location
Interstate 74 in Champaign County, Illinois west of Champaign, Illinois
• coordinates
39°59′30″N88°21′22″W / 39.991698°N 88.3561656°W / 39.991698; -88.3561656 (Kaskaskia River origin)
• elevation
~840 ft (260 m), (Yankee Ridge)
Mouth
• location
Mississippi River 10 mi (16 km) northwest of Chester
• coordinates
37°58′30″N89°56′15″W / 37.974942°N 89.937372°W / 37.974942; -89.937372 (Kaskaskia River mouth)
• elevation
~350 ft (110 m)
Length
approximately 325 miles (523 km)
Basin size
approximately 5,746 sq mi (14,880 km2)
Discharge
• average
14,832 cu ft/s (420.0 m3/s)[1]
Basin features
GNIS ID
426395
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Shelbyville Lake and Dam on the Kaskaskia River at Shelbyville, Illinois
The Kaskaskia River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 325 miles (523 km) long,[2] in central and southern Illinois in the United States.[3] The second largest river system within Illinois, it drains a rural area of farms, as well as rolling hills along river bottoms of hardwood forests in its lower reaches. The lower reaches of the river have been canalized to allow barge traffic.
"Cascasquia" is an alternative, supposedly more French, spelling of "Kaskaskia" that is sometimes encountered.[citation needed] It was named after a clan of the Illiniwek encountered by the early French Jesuits and other settlers. "Okaw River" was an alternative name for the Kaskaskia that persists in place names along the river, including Okawville, and in a major tributary, the West Okaw River.
^32&filenum= 1081 River Discharge Database[permanent dead link]
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 13, 2011
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kaskaskia River
(primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The KaskaskiaRiver is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 325 miles (523 km) long, in central...
The Kaskaskia were one of the indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands. They were one of about a dozen cognate tribes that made up the Illiniwek...
Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site is a 200-acre (0.8 km²) park near Chester, Illinois, on a blufftop overlooking the Mississippi River. It commemorates...
channel. The town of Kaskaskia, Illinois once stood on a peninsula at the confluence of the Mississippi and Kaskaskia (Okaw) Rivers. Founded as a French...
County, Illinois and Moultrie County, Illinois created by damming the KaskaskiaRiver at Shelbyville, Illinois. The lake's normal surface pool is 11,100...
the KaskaskiaRiver and points along the banks. Full of enthusiasm, Hazlet formed the Kaskaskia Valley Association (KVA) to sell the KaskaskiaRiver Project...
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its rivers; the Illinois River bisects the state northeast to southwest. The floodplain on the Mississippi River from Alton to the KaskaskiaRiver is known...
Georgia Raccoon Creek, a tributary of the Elm River (Illinois) Raccoon Creek, a tributary of the KaskaskiaRiver near Walnut Hill, Illinois Raccoon Creek,...
coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The West Okaw River is a tributary of the KaskaskiaRiver, which it joins in Moultrie County, Illinois. The West...
therefore unglaciated. The floodplain on the Mississippi River from Alton to the KaskaskiaRiver is the American Bottom, and is the site of the ancient...
1761, they did not occupy Vincennes or the Mississippi River settlements at Cahokia and Kaskaskia until 1764, after the ratification of the peace treaty...
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27) was a Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler serving in the United States Navy, named for the KaskaskiaRiver in Illinois. Kaskaskia...
KaskaskiaRiver State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 20,000 acres (8,094 ha) in St. Clair, Monroe, and Randolph Counties, Illinois...
Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash rivers, which provided easy routes for travel and trade. The settlements including Cahokia town, Kaskaskia and Chartres became important...
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Jesuit missionaries also established a mission to the south along the KaskaskiaRiver in 1703, followed by a stone church built in 1714. During that time...
tributary of KaskaskiaRiver. Becks Creek was named for Paul Beck and his son Guy Beck, pioneers who settled on the creek in 1815. List of rivers of Illinois...
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