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Skokie Lagoons is a nature preserve in Glencoe and Winnetka, Illinois, owned and managed by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. [2] The park is bordered by Dundee Road to the north, Forestway Drive to the east, Willow Road to the south, and the Edens Expressway to the west.
The Skokie River (or East Fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River) is a 20-mile-long (32 km) [1] river that flows through the northern suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It flows almost parallel to the shore of Lake Michigan , and historically discharged its outflow into that lake via the Chicago River .
The trail splits at Tower Road, looping around the Skokie Lagoons. This offers an excellent tour of this locally famous conservation effort performed during the depths of the Great Depression. A commemorative plaque can be found honoring the Civilian Conservation Corps work, just east of the Edens Expressway and north of Willow Rd.
The Skokie Lagoons are located in the forest preserve to the immediate west of the village. The same forest preserve has a bicycle trail that connects to other forest preserves to the south. In the village, the Green Bay Trail allows bicyclists to travel as far south as Wilmette and north past Lake Forest. The highest point of elevation in ...
Land of the lost: Hidden lagoon network found with living fossils similar to those from more than 3 billion years ago Taylor Nicioli, CNN December 16, 2023 at 8:53 AM
Built in 1933 to house Civilian Conservation Corps laborers, working on the Skokie Lagoons Project, Camp Skokie Valley was left abandoned in 1942 and became a regular Army garrison. The camp was home to the 740th Military Police Battalion, a Zone of the Interior unit responsible for protecting defense plants and government assets in the Chicago ...
The Skokie River—or East Fork—rises from a flat plain, historically a wetland, near Park City, Illinois to the west of the city of Waukegan. [14] It then flows southward, paralleling the shore of Lake Michigan, through wetlands, the Greenbelt Forest Preserve and a number of golf courses towards Highland Park, Illinois. [15]
Forest preserves serve a different purpose than urban parks and are typically maintained for the conservation and restoration of habitat.Forest preserves may contain nature centers and other facilities, picnic groves, and hiking, biking, and equestrian trails, but, apart from public golf courses, do not typically contain land set aside for other sports activities.