The Kankakee River State Park's popular Chippewa campground will reopen to visitors today. The Chippewa campground closed in the fall of 2015 after a pump broke in the well that serves the campground. The site is located on Illinois 102, about two miles west of the Kankakee River State Park main office.

Reservations for campsites can now be made on the IDNR website.  

State Senator Patrick Joyce has worjed the past two years to get Chippewa back open.  "With persistence and a steady hanbd, we can get things done and this is proof." Joyce said in a press release.

The impacted well is used for drinking, bathing, cleaning and more at the campground.  Workers had to construct a new water treatment facility on site.  Other improvements were also made to get the site reopened.

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