Illinois Canals with Boat Ramps

Illinois has 1 canals with at least one public boat ramp, totaling 3 launch sites we track. Hennepin Canal has the most, with 3 ramps alone.

1 Canals
3 Boat ramps
Hennepin Canal Most ramps (3)
1 Counties covered

Average of 3 boat ramps per canal.

Canals Verification
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We currently list 1 of the 2 canals we've identified in Illinois. Additional canals will appear as more counties complete the verification process.

Top Canals

The 1 canals with the most public boat ramps we track in Illinois.

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All Illinois Canals with Boat Ramps

All 1 Illinois canals with public boat ramps are listed below. Canals are sorted alphabetically by default, or you can reorder them by number of launch sites. Click any canal to view detailed ramp locations, maps, launch information and available facilities.

Good · Fair · Poor - EPA water quality assessment, shown only where every ramp on that canal falls within the same watershed.

Other waterway types in Illinois

Canals aren't the only way ramps are organized here - browse another type below.

Sourced from Illinois Natural History Survey. Data on this page was last updated October 15, 2026, based on the latest ramp data update. See all waterways and counties in Illinois →