Wolf Point, Chicago

Wolf Point is the location where the North, South and Main Branches of the Chicago River meet in the present day Near North Side, Loop, and Near West Side community areas of Chicago.

Map depicting Wolf Point (area owned by the Kennedy family in black, with approximate area of the historical Wolf Point settlement in red)

Wolf Point is historically important in the development of early Chicago. This was the location of Chicago's first three taverns, its first hotel, Sauganash Hotel, its first ferry, its first drug store, its first church, and the first bridges across the Chicago River.

The Wolf Point is said to be named after a Native American Chief whose name meant to wolf in English, but other theories exist.

Other websites

• Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1884). History of Chicago. From the earliest period to the present time (volume 1). Retrieved October 30, 2010.
• Blanchard, Rufus (1881). Discovery and Conquests of the North-west, with the History of Chicago. R. Blanchard & Co. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
• Currey, Josiah Seymour (1912). Chicago: its history and its builders, a century of marvelous growth (volume 1). The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
• Hill, Libby (2000). The Chicago River: a natural and unnatural history. Lake Claremont Press. ISBN 978-1-893121-02-7.