tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19142273.post1879341981141457804..comments2023-08-07T05:35:58.196-06:00Comments on The Rogers Park Inconsistent - Chicago, Illinois: Canoeing and Kayaking Near Rogers Park?lafewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148984960122915712noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19142273.post-15741095708291132712008-06-23T19:01:00.000-06:002008-06-23T19:01:00.000-06:00I regret the unintended typos. I have lived in Ro...I regret the unintended typos. I have lived in Rogers Park for the last ten plus years. Perhaps, Mr. Westgard has spent more time around the area.lafewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148984960122915712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19142273.post-29689969594063487582008-06-23T18:53:00.000-06:002008-06-23T18:53:00.000-06:00I appreciate the link and regret that you fear the...I appreciate the link and regret that you fear the wrath for which there is none but appreciation.<BR/><BR/>My hope is that the Oakton Boathouse puts signs out to discourage use of the Channel, if necessary. Also, the website seems reliable. Assuming credibility, the best link to the less than favorable days is<BR/>http://www.mwrd.org/cso/display_only.aspx<BR/><BR/>This link allegedly provides when the Channel, among other tributaries, should avoided. I appreciate information and am not defensive about it. <BR/><BR/>I just have not been around Jewel or Home Depot enough years to know that the Channel rarely, if ever, has a scent 'more fragrant' than mulch or peat. Of course, I appreciate the sources, but recall the putrid odor of Greyhound bus bathroom or our building's occasionally unkempt toilet odors. There is no comparison to the Channel.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, I have never smelled 'Ode de Greyhound bano' eminating from the North Channel. That is why I have concern over what seems to me to be Mr. Westgard's exaggeration.lafewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148984960122915712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19142273.post-4225571470173152762008-06-23T12:20:00.000-06:002008-06-23T12:20:00.000-06:00Sorry, I won't be able to get back to take a pictu...Sorry, I won't be able to get back to take a picture for a couple of days, but I did find out about this:<BR/><BR/>"The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago website (http://www.mwrd.org/cso/display.aspx) displays a color coded map of Combined Sewer Overflow events on the entire Chicago Area waterways, including the North Shore Channel. This map is updated daily and graphically shows when the channel is unsafe for limited contact recreation use. These activities include recreational boating (kayaking, canoeing, jet skiing) and any limited contact incident to shoreline activity, such as wading and fishing."<BR/><BR/>It turned out to be a helpful link for all the local waterways...and made me feel better about that sign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19142273.post-7833567471005748662008-06-23T09:15:00.000-06:002008-06-23T09:15:00.000-06:00I regret that I have not seen the signs referred t...I regret that I have not seen the signs referred to posted at the Oakton launch. I would encourage a photo, if you have one, but can easily stop by and photograph the Oakton Boat launch this morning.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't swim in the Channel, but I wouldn't swim in the Des Plaines River, either, among other navigable routes.<BR/><BR/>I am glad that motor boats are banned. Who needs the pollution!lafewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148984960122915712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19142273.post-91838006749264323462008-06-23T09:12:00.000-06:002008-06-23T09:12:00.000-06:00FROM ANONYMOUS: accidentally lost.I was glad to fi...FROM ANONYMOUS: accidentally lost.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I was glad to find this report on the North Channel, because I was looking forward to trying it. What originally scared me off was not the smell, but the sign posted at the Oakton launch that declares that the water is unsuitable for motor boats, swimming, wading, or ANY HUMAN CONTACT. Since the water life and other humans seem to have survived, I'll give it a shot. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19142273.post-6538907526317481152008-06-07T00:25:00.000-06:002008-06-07T00:25:00.000-06:00Well, there are some places up north that have a s...Well, there are some places up north that have a similar smell. Also, I don't find Westgard's description to be very accurate. Perhaps, its location is more intimidating to what seems to me like the closed-minded.<BR/><BR/>I navigate the Channel and so does the Loyola Crew Team, NU Crew and others. Fortunately, few people are as presumptious. Frankly, those who stay away may make it more attractive for those actually use the channel. However, I prefer to head north through Evanston and Wilmette.<BR/><BR/>Westgard's comments seem to me like the kid who doesn't like his brocoli; the kid won't eat it and it does not matter how healthy it is for him. To each, their own.<BR/><BR/>The Channel has quite a bit of wildlife. The fact that City Skokie put up the docks and boathouse indicates that there are more open minded people willing to enjoy the herons, rather than presume the opportunity away. Things seem to live rather than die over there, so go figure.<BR/><BR/>It occasionally smells like peat to me, perhaps mulch at worst at certain points or times, but not always.lafewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148984960122915712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19142273.post-71659199491594554492008-06-06T15:24:00.000-06:002008-06-06T15:24:00.000-06:00I really enjoy canoeing, but that smell is a real ...I really enjoy canoeing, but that smell is a real barrier for me. There's that sewage treatment plant there, and the area smells like a skanky ass-crack. I just can't imagine wanting to go canoeing there. Even on days when the smell is absent, what if you're out on the boat when the smell arises, and you have to paddle back, breathing that smell the whole way? Yecch. Maybe it's not technically aerosolized poop, but it's definitely not clean air, and I don't want to breathe whatever it is.Knightridge Overlookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957635542017486164noreply@blogger.com