by Don Muggenborg
Illinois has more miles of river to paddle than any other state. Have you paddled these rivers? Match the River with the correct definition. Don’s Answers Will be published in the next newsletter.
1) Abe’s River A) Chicago River
2) Where Ralph 1st paddled B) North Branch
3) Named for a Fur Trader C) Skokie Lagoons
4) Think Red D) Upper Des Plaines
5) Name makes you want to blush E) Lower Des Plaines
6) Savory Creek F) SaltCreek
7) Furniture G) DuPage
8) Newest River Trail H) Kankakee
9) Eating Utensil I) Fox
10) Marathon J) Rock
11) Carp Fence (my river) k) Apple
12) large stone L) Vermillion
13) named for a wild onion M) Green
14) state named after it N) Spoon
15) Frese Trail O) Bureau Creek
16) small mammal P) Sangamon
17) dirty (?) Q) Big Muddy
18) Discovered by Joliet R) Mississippi
19) flows to eastern border S) Little Wabash
20) named for an Indian Tribe T) Kaskaskia, Iroquois, Pecatonica, etc
21) think grass U) Embarrass (pronounced Ambraw)
22) Fruit V) Illinois
