Gebhard Woods, I & M Canal State Parks

Gebhard Woods State Park, Morris, IL

 

I & M Canal State Trail the park with two names.  According to the Illinois DNR site, this park is the official trailhead of the canal trail.

 

 The actual canal is dry in Morris

 Distances on the I & M bike trail

 

 

 

 The tow path from the original I & M Canal is now a bike path

 

 

 

 

 

 Nettle Creek running north  and parallel to the I & M Canal in Morris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Man made dam on the Du Page river

 Looking back at the lock  at the lock tender's house from the river's edge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Part of the I & M trail path are paved, others gravel

 

 The restored lock tenders house & lock.  The two locks are no longer in use.

 View from bridge over the dam

 

 The second lock - straight back is where the lock tenders house is

 

 Rock Run Rookery Preserve, Will Country, IL

Cormorants sunning themselves

 

 Last of the summer wild flowers

 

 

 Berries for the bird in winter