Current Street
N Canal St
500W | from 1 to 499
c.1830 - present
Named after the Illinois and Michigan Canal (construction begun 1836).
Location

Might appear within
Aligned Streets
- Bissell Ave (→ Normal Ave)
- Bissell St (→ Normal Ave)
- Butler St (→ Normal Ave)
- Canal St (→ Normal Ave)
- S Canal St
- S Canalport Ave
- N Cleveland Ave
- Clinton St (→ Normal Ave)
- Crawford St (→ Canal St)
- Euclid St (→ Normal Ave)
- Green St (→ Canal St)
- Hanover St (→ Canal St)
- S Holland Rd
- Hubbard St (→ Cleveland Ave)
- Hurlbut St (→ Cleveland Ave)
- Maple Ave (retired)
- Mountain St (retired)
- S Normal Ave
- S Normal Blvd
- N Pine Grove Ave
- Richard St (retired)
- N Schick Pl
- Seward St (→ Normal Ave)
- Sidney Ct (→ Pine Grove Ave)
- Thornton Rd (retired)
- William St (retired)
- Wright St (→ Normal Ave)
Source Notes
- CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:
«Canal St., 500W 2 to 372N 2 to 4400S. Named after the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Crawford St., Green St., Hanover St., Richard St.,»
- Appears on Thompson's Plat of 1830
Edit History
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2022-03-27 | tew | removed predecessor Crawford St (CRAWFORD_05)
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2022-03-27 | tew | removed predecessor Hanover St (HANOVER_02)
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2022-03-27 | tew | {'start_date': [datetime.date(1830, 1, 1)], 'start_date_circa': [True], 'suffix_direction': [''], 'historical_note': ['Named after the Illinois and Michigan Canal (construction begun 1836).'], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Canal St., 500W 2 to 372N 2 to 4400S. Named after the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Crawford St., Green St., Hanover St., Richard St.,»\r\n* Appears on [Thompson\'s Plat of 1830](http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11175.html)'], 'tags': [['original street']]}
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2022-03-27 | tew | removed predecessor Green St (GREEN_03)
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import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document