Canoe and Kayak Rentals in Illinois “Other roads do some violence to nature, and bring the traveller to stare at her; but the river steals into the scenery it traverses without intrusion, silently creating and adorning it, and is free to come and go as the zephyr.” Henry David Thoreau, “ A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers” Get out and enjoy our rivers and streams of Illinois! Chicago Area Cache River Fox River cont. Chicagoland Canoe Base, Inc. Cache Core Canoes Freemans’ Sports Owned by Ralph Frese, a Rt 1-71AA, 129 E. Hydraulic, contributor to this website, this Ullin, IL Yorkville, IL watersports and blacksmith (618) 845-3817 (630) 553-0515 shop will sell or rent you canoes or kayaks. Ottawa Fox River Canoe 4019 N. Narragansett Ave. DuPage and Fox River Rentals Chicago, IL Ottawa, IL (773) 777-1489 The Canoe Shack (815) 433-4665 www.chicagolandcanoebase.com St. Charles, IL (630) 584-8017, (847) 289-8966, River Adventures Other Chicago area information or (773) 348-5568 Located at SkyDive Chicago can be found at: http:// http://www.canoeshack.com/ (815) 434-2142 pages.ripco.net/~jwn/rental.html (815) 481-2142 and http://www.compuwerx.com/ www.canoethefox.com canoe/ Fox River Schmidt’s Canoeing Service Northwest Passage (caters (Fox River, and the Kishwaukee primarily to sea kayaking Ayers Landing River and Nippersink Creek, for interests) Wedron, Illinois 60557 groups of 10 or more) 1130 Greenleaf Avenue 815-434-2233 1232 Ridgeway Court Wilmette, IL 60091 Elgin, IL 60123 (847)256-4409 Chet & Mary’s Canoe Rental (847)697-1678 (800)732-7328 Wedron, IL www.canoetrips.net nwpssag.com (815) 434-6690 (815) 434-9798 Fax (815) 434-6714 http://www.cmcanoerental.com/ Illinois River River Bend Area Vermilion River (North) (Great Rivers confluence - Grafton Canoe and Kayak Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri) Canoe the Vermillion PO Box 142 Streator Grafton, IL Slow Canoe Rentals (815) 673-3218 (618) 786-2192 462 South Main www.canoethevermilion.com http:// Wood River, IL 62095 www.graftonoutdooractivities.com/ (618)254-6966 Vermillion River Rafting 781 N. 2249 Road Oglesby, Illinois 61348 Kankakee River Rock River (815) 667-5242 Reed’s Canoes T J.’s Bait and Canoe Rentals 907 N. Indiana Ave., Rt. 50 305 S. 1st St. Vermilion River (South) Kankakee, IL Oregon, IL 61061 (815) WE CANOE (932-2663) (815) 732-4516 Kickapoo Landing (Middle Fork http://www.reedscanoetrips.com/ http://www.tjscanoerental.com/ River) welcome.htm Based in Kickapoo State Park near Oakwood Sugar River (217) 446-8399 Kishwaukee River Country Canoe Middle Fork Canoe Outfitters Northlander Outdoor Sports 824 Jackson Street Pecatonica, (Middle Fork, Salt Fork, North Store Illinois Fork,and the Vermilion Rivers) 209 E Lincoln Highway (815) 239-1246 Based in Kennekuk County Park DeKalb IL near Danville (815) 754 4540 (217) 304-4240 http:// Lundeen’s Landing middleforkcanoes.allarounddanville.com/ Barstow, IL (309) 496-9956 Northwestern Illinois (Galena and Upper Missis- sippi Rivers and other area streams) Fever River Outfitters Galena, IL 61836 (815)776-9425 www.feverriveroutfitters.com.