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Apple Canyon Lake (reservoir), a private lake resort community near Apple River in Jo Daviess County. 42°25′57″N 90°09′58″W / 42.43250°N 90.16611°W / 42.43250; -90.16611 Argyle Lake (reservoir), McDonough County
Lake Michigan. Waukegan River; Chicago River. ... Thorn Creek; Tyler Creek (Illinois) (not to be confused with a creek of the same in Oregon) Vermilion River ...
Macoupin Creek is a 99.7-mile-long (160.5 km) [2] tributary of the Illinois River, which it joins near the village of Hardin, Illinois.. The word macoupin refers to the yellow pond lily [3] [4] (Nuphar advena), a native plant of the regional wetlands, and a favorite food source of local Indians.
Busse Lake. Parts of the creek were modified and straightened during the 1960s and 1970s. [4] Flood control dams were constructed along the creek in 1978 within the Ned Brown Forest Preserve near Elk Grove Village, Illinois, creating the 590-acre (2.4 km 2) Busse Lake. A diversion tunnel was constructed approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of ...
There are at least two other Salt Creeks in Illinois, Salt Creek (Des Plaines River Tributary), and in Effingham County, Illinois. Salt Creek is about 110 miles (180 km) in length. [3] From its headwaters near Saybrook, Illinois, it runs generally westward to the main stem of the Sangamon near Greenview. The largest lake formed by Salt Creek is ...
Shoal Creek is a watercourse in the U.S. state of Illinois. It rises near Harvel, Illinois and, flowing southward through Lake Lou Yaeger, discharges into the Kaskaskia River near Okawville. It drains parts of Montgomery County, Bond County, and Clinton County. [2] Shoal Creek is named for the many shoals and sandbars strewn along its
Shoal Creek (Illinois) Sinsinawa River; Skillet Fork; Skokie River; Somonauk Creek; South Branch Kishwaukee River; Spoon River; Spring Creek (Macon County, Illinois) Spring Creek (Sangamon County, Illinois) Stevens Creek (Illinois) Stillman Creek (Illinois) Sugar Creek (Sangamon River tributary) Sugar River (Wisconsin)
The Big Bureau Creek is a 73-mile-long (117 km) [1] tributary of the Illinois River in north central Illinois. [2] It rises approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Mendota and flows southwest into Bureau County , turning south at Princeton and then flowing east into the Illinois River floodplain.