where is the navy pier located in chicago
Navy Pier Navy Pier is a 3,300-foot-long (1,010Â m) pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. It is located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area. The Navy Pier currently encompasses more than fifty acres of parks, gardens, shops, restaurants, family attractions and exhibition facilities and is the top leisure destination in the Midwestern United States ("Midwest"), drawing nearly nine million visitors annually.[2] It is one of the most visited attractions in the entire Midwest and is Chicago's number one tourist attraction.[3]
Chicago River The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles (251Â km)[1] that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center (the Chicago Loop).[2] Though not especially long, the river is notable for being a reason why Chicago became an important location, with the related Chicago Portage being a link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley waterways and eventually the Gulf of Mexico.