Tourists can enjoy a mule pulled ride on the waterway that changed the face of the nation - the historic Illinois & Michigan Canal.

This area was first populated by settlers working for the Illinois & Michigan Canal, who subsequently worked in the lumber district.

The city is also the western terminus of the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal.

The town became a successful river port, but with the construction of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, it was soon eclipsed by La Salle.

This tradition began around 1836 when Irish workers on the Illinois & Michigan Canal took squatter's rights to small tracts of land.

The city was incorporated in 1853 and is situated along the Illinois and Michigan (I&M) Canal.

Lockport was the headquarters of the operationally defunct Illinois and Michigan Canal.

The community's early prosperity was stunted when the Illinois & Michigan Canal opened in 1848, because the Village was not located along the canal.

The building's location on the Illinois & Michigan Canal helped the company grow, as it used the canal to transport goods and as a water source.