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Continental Divide Markers in Oak Park
By Sean Flynn, August 7, 2023
Continental Divide Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Berkshire Street at Elmwood Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Berkshire Street. |
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You are standing on a Continental Divide. Water falling on this line separates and runs to the west and to the east. To the west the water flows to the Des Plaines River in River Forest, on to the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers and to the Gulf . . . — — Map (db m237481) HM |
| On Oak Park Avenue at Ontario Street, on the right when traveling south on Oak Park Avenue. |
| | You are standing on a Continental Divide. Water falling on this line separates and runs to the west and to the east. To the west the water flows to the Des Plaines River in River Forest, on to the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers and to the Gulf of . . . — — Map (db m230260) HM |
| On Chicago Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
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You are standing on a Continental Divide. Water falling on this line separates and runs to the west and to the east. To the west the water flows to the Des Plaines River in River Forest, on to the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers and to the Gulf . . . — — Map (db m237482) HM |
| On North Avenue (Illinois Route 64) at Narragansett Avenue, on the right when traveling east on North Avenue. |
| | You are standing on a Continental Divide. Water falling on this line separates and runs to the west and to the east. To the west the water flows to the Des Plaines River in River Forest, on to the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers and to the Gulf of . . . — — Map (db m241781) HM |
Jun. 17, 2024