[TonyInOhio]

Torie, I believe that is a photo of the 17th Street Canal, which connects to the Lake, not the Mississippi.

[AaronInCarolina]

Torie, I believe that is a photo of the 17th Street Canal, which connects to the Lake, not the Mississippi.

No. That is unmistakably the Industrial Canal which links the lake to the river, with a lock seen at the bottom of that picture. Go to maps.google.com and look at it.