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The Chain O'Lakes, or simply "The Chain", is a waterway system in northeast Illinois composed of 15 lakes connected by the Fox River and man-made channels. Encompassing more than 7,100 acres (29 km 2 ) of water, 488 miles (785 km) of shoreline and 45 miles (72 km) of river, the Chain is the busiest inland recreational waterway per acre in the ...
Chain O'Lakes State Park is a 2,793-acre (1,130 ha) Illinois state park at the inlet of the Fox River into the Chain O'Lakes in Lake and McHenry counties, in the suburban wildlife of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is one of the centerpieces of the proposed Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge.
The Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge is a 11,122-acre (45.01 km 2) wetland wildlife refuge located in Waterford Township in Fulton County, Illinois across the Illinois River from the town of Havana. Only 3,000 acres (12 km 2) are currently managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish ...
Coordinates. 40°28′27″N 89°50′48″W / 40.47417°N 89.84667°W / 40.47417; -89.84667. Area. 2,032 acres (822 ha) Established. 1950. Governing body. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 2,032 acres (822 ha) in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States.
Channel Lake is located in northwestern Lake County at 42°28′40″N 88°8′55″W, [3] on the northwest and southwest sides of Channel Lake, part of the Chain O'Lakes system of lakes in northern Illinois leading to the Fox River. It is bordered to the east by the community of Lake Catherine and to the north by the village of Salem Lakes ...
Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 1,350 acres (550 ha) in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. The park was established in the late 1960s and is named for the natural spring within its boundaries. The park has two artificial lakes and the Fox River flows ...
2,200 acres (890 ha) Governing body. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Peabody River State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 2,200 acres (890 ha) in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. It is built on reclaimed mines worked by the Peabody Coal Company from the late 1950s to the late 1980s.
Green River State Wildlife Area. / 41.63861°N 89.50833°W / 41.63861; -89.50833. Green River State Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 2,565 acres (1,038 ha) in Lee County, Illinois, United States . This wildlife restoration area was acquired by the State of Illinois in 1940, using funds from the Federal Aid in Wildlife ...