Crown Point

The level former prairie of the Calumet Region defines the setting of Crown Point — its open terrain has supported a regular street grid, surrounding farmland and a compact county-seat centre in northwest Indiana. As the seat of Lake County, the city is anchored by the Old Lake County Courthouse on the downtown square, a late-19th-century landmark with a prominent clock tower. Crown Point also has a place in Depression-era crime history: John Dillinger escaped the Lake County Jail here in 1934. Although within the Chicago metropolitan area, it retains a distinctly local civic core; Lake Michigan and Indiana Dunes lie to the north. Continue with other webcams from northwest Indiana to see how this part of the Calumet Region connects across the Great Lakes.

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