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Bangs Lake is a natural glacial lake that is located in Wauconda, Illinois. [1] It is named after Justus Bangs, the first permanent settler in Wauconda, who arrived in the summer of 1836. [ 2 ] Justus Bangs reportedly named Wauconda as well, supposedly after a Native American Indian character in a story Bangs had read. [ 1 ]
Orland Park, Illinois: United States: 3 deaths, 16 injuries [2] Factory 4 July 1972: Bangs Lake Park explosion: Wauconda, Illinois: United States: 1 death, 8 injuries [2] Park 30 May 1973: Children injured by discarded shell: Huntley, Illinois: United States: 2 injuries [2] Factory 9 June 1973: Worldwide Fireworks Company explosion: McHenry ...
By the early 1900s, Wauconda was a popular resort village for Chicago residents and Bangs Lake was made suitable for beaches. The Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad was completed and hauled agricultural products, delivered mail, transported local passengers, and brought vacationers and day-trippers out from Chicago. Although the ...
Wauconda Township covers an area of 24.2 square miles (62.8 km 2); of this, 1.4 square miles (3.5 km 2) or 5.59 percent is water. [2] Lakes in this township include Bangs Lake and Slocum Lake. The stream of Mutton Creek runs through this township.
Echo Lake, Lake Zurich, Lake County. 42°12′34″N 88°05′25″W / 42.20944°N 88.09028°W / 42.20944; -88.09028 Lake of Egypt (reservoir), Williamson and Johnson Counties
A 67-acre (27 ha) parcel that comprises the Wauconda Bog site is owned by the Lake County Forest Preserve District. It is minimally accessible to the public. U.S. Highway 12 adjoins the bog. [1] The bog was named as an Illinois Nature Preserve in 1970, [1] and was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1972. [2]
Wauconda may refer to: Wauconda, Illinois, a village in Lake County, Illinois, U.S. Wauconda Area Library, a library serving the village and surrounding areas; Wauconda Bog Nature Preserve, a tamarack bog and a National Natural Landmark located here; Wauconda Community Unit School District 118, a school district serving the village and ...
Bess Bower Dunn Museum, formerly known as the Lake County Discovery Museum, is an interactive museum of history, art, and popular culture located in Libertyville, Illinois. The museum was established in 1976 in Wauconda, IL and sited in Lakewood Forest Preserve as part of the larger Lake County Forest Preserve District .