Everything about The Kaskaskia River totally explained
The
Kaskaskia River is a tributary of the
Mississippi River, approximately 320 mi (515 km) long, in central and southern
Illinois in the
United States. 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.
"Cascasquia" is an alternative, supposedly more French, spelling of "Kaskaskia" that's sometimes encountered. "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.
Description
The Kaskaskia rises in east central Illinois in several farm ditches along the west side of
Champaign. The official origin of the River is just north of
Interstate 74, where it's marked with a sign. The River flows south across rural
Champaign and
Douglas counties, then southwest across southern Illinois, past
Vandalia. It joins the Mississippi from the north approximately 10 mi (16 km) northwest of
Chester and 40 mi SSE of
St. Louis, Missouri. The watershed of the river encompasses approximately 5,746 square miles (14,950 km²), approximately 10.2% of the entire state of Illinois.
The Kaskaskia is impounded in
Shelby County to form
Lake Shelbyville. It is also impounded in
Clinton County southwest of Vandalia to form
Carlyle Lake.
In the
19th century the river joined the Mississippi at Chester. In
1881 the Mississippi changed its channel to flow along the lower 10 mi (16 km) of the channel of the Kaskaskia. As a result, a small portion of Illinois, including the former capital of
Kaskaskia is now located on the west side of the Mississippi. The
Kaskaskia River State Fish & Wildlife Area is located along the lower river in southern Illinois.
Fort Kaskaskia was located near the mouth of the river in
Randolph County.
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