DUPAGE RIVER

The 'DuPage River', a tributary of the Des Plaines River actually starts as two individual streams. 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. 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. 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.
Like many local bodies of water, both branches of the DuPage River seriously flooded after the "Flood of 1996," when approximately 17 inches 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.

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History

The first written history to address the name, the 1882 ''History of DuPage County, Illinois'', relates that:

See also

★ List of Illinois rivers

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