River Park Boathouse

Chicago River

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Boat launch on west side of river, between Argyle and Foster

Location created by
Susanna Lang

Observed on
2024-03-28

Mostly geese, a few mallards. Half a mile south, a gull was eating a large dead fish floating in ...

Observed on
2024-03-20

A few mallards and geese. Many blackbirds . Moderate sudsy outflow from the canal into the river

Observed on
2024-03-11

Mallards, geese, seagulls, goldeneyes engaging in mating behavior (a little south of here). Fishe...

Observed on
2024-03-06

We had heavy rain earlier this week and the river is high with a lot of water coming in from the ...

Observed on
2024-02-27

Diminished outflow from canal into river, relatively few mallards and geese. Several dog walkers,...

Observed on
2024-02-21

People launching kayaks, mallards and geese complaining loudly. Hawk overhead. Diminished outflow...

Observed on
2024-02-14

The usual water birds, cardinals singing, some suds in the river, moderate outflow from the canal...

Observed on
2024-02-09

Lots of mallards and geese, no goldeneyes, lots of humans, normal outflow from the canal into the...

Observed on
2024-02-01

Less outflow from the canal than last week but still sudsy. Lots of goldeneyes and mallards, more...

Observed on
2024-01-26

Strong sudsy outflow from canal into the river. Mallards and one goldeneye were struggling with t...