Grand Kankakee Marsh: Everglades of the North

Grand Kankakee Marsh: Everglades of the North (2012)

November 5th, 20120h 57min

Documentary, History
42%

Overview

Less than a century ago, there was an area in the Midwest that resembled the swamplands of Florida's Everglades. Sometimes called the "Everglades of the North", The Grand Kankakee Marsh once saturated nearly a million acres in Northern Indiana and a portion of Illinois. Everglades of the North: The Story of the Grand Kankakee Marsh, reveals the diverse ecology, illustrates the astonishing history, and explores the controversial saga of the Grand Kankakee Marsh in how people have used and perceived this wetland for more than 10,000 years.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

The Aryans

The Aryans


Released on: 2014-04-29
Documentary, Drama, Crime

THE ARYANS is Mo Asumang's personal journey into the madness of racism during which she meets German...

Fairtown

Fairtown


Released on: 2021-04-12
Documentary

The Iowa State Fair draws millions of people to the city of Des Moines every year. However, this fil...

The City of Dried Fountains

The City of Dried Fountains


Released on:
Documentary, Drama

A feature documentary about Kansas City, as its people tell us how they got through the pandemic and...

Guide to a Midwest Hometown

Guide to a Midwest Hometown


Released on: 2022-11-02
Documentary, Comedy

Coming back during Winter, Alex Powell explores both the places and personal connections found in hi...

The Story Within the Story: Gary, Indiana

The Story Within the Story: Gary, Indiana


Released on:
Documentary

A small urban city with a gargantuan wealth of history, contributions, and changes. From the steel ...

Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country

Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country


Released on: 2019-01-01
Music, Documentary

When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the "great melting pot." In Michigan's U...

Superman

Superman


Released on: 1978-12-14
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush: Lois Lane. Cla...

East of Middle West

East of Middle West


Released on: 2021-04-30
Crime, Drama

A teenage runaway and a widowed father each fight to take matters into their own hands to redeem the...

The Music Man

The Music Man


Released on: 1962-06-19
Comedy, Family, Music, Romance

A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go...

Blue Dusk

Blue Dusk


Released on: 2021-02-08
Western, Drama

A wounded European settler gets aid from a Native American but soon finds out that the same boy coul...

The Reflecting Skin

The Reflecting Skin


Released on: 1990-08-28
Drama, Thriller, Horror

A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret ev...

Christmas Slasher

Christmas Slasher


Released on: 2023-03-29
Horror, Drama, Crime, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery

When a couple of college kids decide to go on a hunting trip for their Christmas break, they get mor...

ROOM 10

ROOM 10


Released on: 2024-06-09
Drama, Thriller

Newlyweds Arthur and Holly inherit a failing motel, and when two outlaws arrive, their differing rea...

MIDWESTERN PASADENA

MIDWESTERN PASADENA


Released on:
Drama

MIDWESTERN PASADENA follows Maisie Andrews who is home from college on her "winter break". As she ge...

Peckish

Peckish


Released on: 2023-06-01
Drama, Horror

A young couple struggling with infertility seeks the aide of a healer with a promised remedy, while ...

Midwest Sessions

Midwest Sessions


Released on: 2024-10-19
Science Fiction, Horror, Romance

Supernatural entities spawned from a long defunct steel mill prompt quirky locals in a nearby town t...

MIDWEST BURN-OUT

MIDWEST BURN-OUT


Released on: 2022-05-28
Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller

Roommates run into some trouble. Part 1

Carter

Carter


Released on: 2022-12-27
Horror, Comedy, Adventure, Action, Thriller

Carter (Benjamin Dunk Kostecki) returns to town to visit some old friends. After he can't find a rid...

The End of All Wanting

The End of All Wanting


Released on: 2024-01-05
Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A handful of strangers encounter isolation, fear, loneliness and otherworldy phenomenoms as they liv...

Black Legion

Black Legion


Released on: 1937-01-30
Crime, Drama

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining ...