Historical Society Plans Quarries, I&M Canal Walking Tour

Lemont IL

12 August, 2021

11:34 AM

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LEMONT, IL — If you'd like to learn more about Lemont's quarries and the I&M Canal, you can head out to the Lemont Area Historical Society's walking tour on Saturday. The historical society will share the history of how the quarries came to be and how the I&M Canal opened Lemont as a direct pathway to Chicago, according to the event page. The tour will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m., and participants can meet at the Heritage Quarries first parking lot. It is $10 per adult, $7 for seniors and $5 per child; cash or check only. The walk will be about 3/4 of a mile and also covers some rocky terrain with slight inclines. For more news and information like this, subscribe to the Lemont Patch for free. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app; download the free Patch Android app here. Don't forget to like us on Facebook!