All Commerce & Recreation in LaSalle

Fresh, local produce; crepes & baked goods; handmade soaps & lotions; cut flowers; artisan jewelry; old fashion sodas; plants & succulents; handmade crafts and more! Read more...

French explorer/cartographer Louis Jolliet first suggested the construction of a canal connecting Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River (via the Illinois River) in 1673, but it wasn’t until 1836 that construction actually began. The canal, measuring 96 miles long by 60 feet wide by six feet deep, was completed in 1848, instantly allowing boat travel from Chicago to reach the Read more...