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Rainbow Beach

CTL-PL-0125 · Place

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Rainbow Beach is a Chicago Park District beach and park (Rainbow Beach Park, 142.24 acres) on Lake Michigan in Chicago, entered at 79th Street; it began as Rocky Ledge Beach, established in 1908 at 79th Street and Lake Michigan, and the City Council officially named the expanded site Rainbow Beach in 1918, for the U.S. Army's 42nd Rainbow Division of World War I, per the Chicago Park District (tier 1/2). (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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