Mackinaw River: select documents in chronological order
Preliminary examination and survey of the Mackinaw River in the State of Illinois, February 4, 1937. by
Publication Date: 19372 page report to accompany H.R. 1629Mackinaw River Basin, pp. 23-40 In Inventory of the fishes of six river basins in Illinois by
Publication Date: 1966Illinois Department of Conservation, Special Fisheries Report no. 18An intensive survey of the Mackinaw River Basin, 1987 by
Publication Date: 1988Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, IEPA/WPC/88-034.Presettlement Vegetation of the Mackinaw River Valley, Central Illinois by
Publication Date: 1990Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, 83(1&2):10-22
Government Land Office records were used to determine the presettlement vegetation of a large portion of the Mackinaw River Valley.- Biologically Significant Illinois Streams : An Evaluation of the Streams of Illinois Based on Aquatic Biodiversity
byPublication Date: 1992The Mackinaw River is covered on pp. 184-201. - Geomorphic reconnaissance and draft management strategy for the Mackinaw River ecosystem Illinois : the Nature Conservancy Central Illinois Field Office byPublication Date: 1994(print copy available from the University Library; not digitized)
An intensive survey of the Mackinaw River Basin, 1994 : staff report by
Publication Date: 1996Illinois Environmental Protection Agency IEPA/BOW/96-066Critical Trends Assessment Project Phase IIInventory of Resource Rich Areas in IllinoisAn Evaluation of Ecological Resources by
Publication Date: 1996See pp. 83-86 for the description of the Mackinaw River
Mackinaw River Area AssessmentPublication Date: 1997The Mackinaw River Basin : An Inventory of the Regions Resources by
Publication Date: 1997Sampling of the Mackinaw River in Central Illinois for Physicochemical and Bacterial Indicators of Pollution by
Publication Date: 1997Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 91(3&4):145-154
Physicochemical analyses were found to be within acceptable ranges for natural surface waters. However, concentrations of fecal coliform exceeding recommendations for natural surface waters were found at eleven of seventeen sites.- The freshwater mussels (Mollusca: bivalvia: unionidae) of the mackinaw river drainage, Illinois byPublication Date: 2001INHS Center for Biodiversity Technical Report 2001 (17) prepared for the Nature Conservancy Central Illinois Field Office
Geology of the Mackinaw River Watershed, McLean, Woodford, and Tazewell counties, Illinois by
Publication Date: 2009ISGS Field Trip Guidebook 2009A- Freshwater Mussels of the Mackinaw River Basin byPublication Date: 2011INHS Technical Report 2011 (45) prepared for Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- Development and Application of Coupled Optimization-Watershed Models for Selection and Placement of Best Management Practices in the Mackinaw River Watershed byPublication Date: 2011ISWS Contract Report no. 2011-04
- A physically-based bank erosion model for composite river banks: Application to Mackinaw River, Illinois byPublication Date: 2013Illinois Water Resources Center and U.S. Geological Survey project
Images and video
Map of the Mackinaw River
From Inventory of Resource Rich Areas in Illinois (1996)
Rainbow Bridge, Lexington, IL, built 1868.
Photo from Illinois Digital Archives, contributed by the McLean County Museum of History.
Photo depicting Mackinaw River at high water, April 1939.
Photo from the Illinois Digital Archives, contributed by the McLean County Museum of History.
Mackinaw from Colfax to confluence with Illinois River (upstream portion), 1977.
National Park Service flyover video, voice by Fred Moore, camera by Will Weber.
Mackinaw from Colfax to confluence with Illinois River (middle portion), 1977
National Park Service flyover video, voice by Fred Moore, camera by Will Weber.
Mackinaw from Colfax to confluence with Illinois River (downstream portion), 1977
National Park Service flyover video, voice by Fred Moore, camera by Will Weber.