The DuPage River, a tributary of the Des Plaines River actually starts as two individual streams. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river The Des Plaines River flows southward for 150 miles (241 km through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the U The West Branch of the DuPage River flows through the entire county, starting in Hanover Park in Cook County, and flowing south through Bartlett, Wheaton, Warrenville, Winfield, and Naperville. Hanover Park is a village located in both Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois. Cook County is a county in the US state of Illinois. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles Bartlett is a village located in both Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois. Wheaton is an affluent community located in DuPage County Illinois, approximately west of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Warrenville is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Winfield is an incorporated village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Naperville ( is an affluent city in the Chicago metropolitan area in Illinois in the United States, voted the second and third best place to live The East Branch of the DuPage River starts in Bloomingdale, Illinois and flows south through Glendale Heights, Glen Ellyn, Lisle, Woodridge and parts of Naperville and Bolingbrook. Woodridge Illinois is a prominent suburban city of Chicago located primarily in DuPage County, with portions in Will County and Cook County Illinois Naperville ( is an affluent city in the Chicago metropolitan area in Illinois in the United States, voted the second and third best place to live Bolingbrook is a large village in DuPage, Will, and Cook Counties in the U Both branches flow though many forest preserves and parks. The two branches meet at a spot between Naperville and Bolingbrook. The combined DuPage River continues south from there through Plainfield and west of Joliet, before finally meeting the Des Plaines River. The Village of Plainfield is a Municipality in Will County, Illinois, United States. Joliet is a city in Will county in the US state of Illinois, located 40 miles southwest of Chicago.
Like many local bodies of water, both branches of the DuPage River seriously flooded after the "Flood of 1996," when approximately 17 inches (430 mm) of rain fell on the area within a 24 hour period on July 18-19 of 1996. Other flooding was very common along Washington Street, in Naperville, and Illinois Route 53 in Glen Ellyn, where those roads are close to their respective branches. The City of Naperville has torn down many of the affected homes and businesses in the former case, and DuPage County, with U. S. Department of Transportation funding, tore down many of the affected homes in the latter case.
History
The first written history to address the name, the 1882 History of DuPage County, Illinois, relates that:
| “ | The Du Page River had, from time immemorial, been a stream well known. It took its name from a French trader who settled on this stream below the fork previous to 1800. Hon. H. W. Blodgett, of Waukegan, informs the writer that J. B. Beaubien had often spoken to him of the old Frenchman, Du Page, whose station was on the bank of the river, down toward its mouth, and stated that the river took its name from him. The county name must have the same origin. Col Gurden S. Hubbard, who came into the country in 1818, informs the writer that the name DuPage, as applied to the river then, was universally known, but the trader for whom it was named lived there before his time. Mr. Beaubien says it is pronounced Du Pazhe (a having the sound of ah, and that the P should be a capital). This was in reply to Mr. Blodgett’s inquiry of him concerning the matter. | ” |
See also
External links
- Junction of the East and West Branches of the DuPage River, from Google Maps
- DuPage River Coalition, from the Conservation Fund
- DuPage County Forest Preserve District
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