This event is in the past.It took place on June 20, 2026 at Isle a la Cache Museum.
Romeoville
🚣Combine your paddle with the museum's interactive exhibits on fur trade life
🦫Walk the trail after paddling to see beaver carvings on tree trunks
🧢Kids love the period hats and costumes display—ask for the significance binder
Explore the 18th-century fur trade heritage of the Des Plaines River by canoe or kayak. Launch from Isle a la Cache Museum and paddle through the waters where French voyagers and Native Americans once traded beaver pelts.
paddling and history
family-friendly outdoors
Native American heritage
French-Canadian fur trade
Romeoville
🚣Combine your paddle with the museum's interactive exhibits on fur trade life
🦫Walk the trail after paddling to see beaver carvings on tree trunks
🧢Kids love the period hats and costumes display—ask for the significance binder
Explore the 18th-century fur trade heritage of the Des Plaines River by canoe or kayak. Launch from Isle a la Cache Museum and paddle through the waters where French voyagers and Native Americans once traded beaver pelts.
paddling and history
family-friendly outdoors
Native American heritage
French-Canadian fur trade