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This category is for articles about dams in the U.S. state of Illinois ... Pages in category "Dams in Illinois" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 ...
Map of Protected Areas of Illinois ... Beaver Dam State Park: Macoupin: 750 3.0 1947: Beaver Dam Lake: ... Bodies of water Image
The McHenry dam was constructed in 1907 on the Fox River near McHenry, Illinois.The dam was donated to the state in 1924 and a new dam was built in 1934. McHenry Dam State Park was founded in 1939 with the purchase of 15 acres (6.1 ha) of land on the east bank of the river.
William W. Powers State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on 580 acres (230 ha) in the Hegewisch community area of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. [1]
Dam West Beach: Situated at the Dam West Recreation Area (GPS coordinates: 38.625083, -89.359979), Dam West Beach is the largest public beach on Carlyle Lake. It offers a sandy beach area for swimming and relaxing by the water. It is adjacent to a picnic area with public restrooms, picnic tables, and large, mature trees that provide shade.
Fisherman beside dam on the Kankakee River at Momence, Illinois, on the north bank, looking southwest Until the end of the 19th century, the river was nearly 240 miles (390 km) long, flowing in a highly meandering course through a vast complex of wetlands surrounding the river, that was known as the Grand Kankakee Marsh. [ 14 ]
Rend Lake is a 13-mile (20.9 km) long, 3-mile (4.8 km) wide reservoir located in Southern Illinois in Franklin and Jefferson Counties near the town of Benton.It contains 18,900 acres (76 km 2) of water, stores 185,000 acre-feet (228,000,000 m 3) of water, and supplies over 15 million gallons of water per day to 300,000 persons in over 60 communities.
Argyle Lake State Park is an Illinois state park located in Colchester, Illinois. The 1,700-acre (688 ha) park is home to the 93-acre (38 ha) Argyle Lake and 5 miles (8 km) of hiking trails and wooded campsites. The land for the state park was purchased by the state in 1948 from local farmers. Argyle Lake, an artificial lake, was later created ...