Illinois & Michigan Canal Headquarters
A historic site in Lockport, Illinois, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Illinois & Michigan Canal Headquarters is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. HauntHunt files it with dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Illinois & Michigan Canal Headquarters haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
The Canal HQ is the Lockport — the '1845' that's the Commission's building, the '1836' that's the ground broken July 4th. The 'link' is the water — the 'Lake Michigan to Mississippi' that's the 96 miles, the '1848' that's the finally done. The 'Hossack' is the canal man — the 'worked the canal' that's the before Ottawa, the 'Jim Gray' that's the '60 conviction.
The 'ditch' is the route — the 'workers' that's the dug while hiding, the 'towpath' that's the walked north. The '1871' is the handed — the 'state control' that's the Commission ended, the 'Historical Society' that's the '72 moved in. The HQ is the paperwork — the 'town it platted' that's the Lockport itself, the 'heritage corridor' that's the '84 designated.
The file keeps the Canal HQ: the '45 building, the dug corridor, the Hossack link, and the platted town.
I&M Canal HQ is the archive's Illinois file — the ditch that freed.
Why this file matters
I&M Canal HQ is the archive's Illinois file — the infrastructure of escape.
A canal keeps its towpath — the file's suggestion being that the HQ's hold is the dug: the '96 miles' that's the a road north, the 'workers' that's the dug and hid, and the 'Lockport' that's the platted to run it.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The canal office—where the waterway carried the fugitives.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
NPS Network to Freedom
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 36IL01, source row 584. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.
UGRR enrichment wave 3; VERIFY task auto-queued.
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Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceIllinois & Michigan Canal Headquarters is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceThe canal’s UGRR role is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Sources on file
- 01Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01National Park Service · government · A1
- 02NPS Network to Freedom listingNational Park Service · government · A1
- 03Underground RailroadWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 36IL01, source row 584. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.