Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In 1947, the state acquired a 160 acres (65 ha) parcel known as the Wolf Lake State Recreation Area. Later acquisitions were added to the property and have increased the area which was known as Wolf Lake Conservation Area. In 1965, the Illinois General Assembly named the area after William W. Powers. [1]
Area (acres) Area (km 2) Estab-lished Bodies of water Image Remarks Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park: Lake: 4,160 16.8 1948: Lake Michigan: Apple River Canyon State Park: Jo Daviess: 297 1.20 1932: Apple River: Argyle Lake State Park: McDonough: 1,700 6.9 1948: Argyle Lake: Beall Woods State Park: Wabash: 635 2.57 1966: Coffee Creek
The site, located in Hartford, Illinois, commemorates Camp River Dubois, the camp of the Lewis and Clark Expedition from December 1803 to May 1804. The site is National Trail Site #1 on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and is located directly off the Confluence Bike Trail, part of the Confluence Greenway .
An Illinois Tollway oasis is a type of commercialized rest area sited over Interstate Highways that are part of the Illinois Tollway system in northern Illinois, United States. The four (formerly seven) oases offer food and gasoline vendors and are found in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, DeKalb, and Belvidere. Although the oases date back to ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The building opened in May 1985 as the State of Illinois Center. It was renamed in 1993 to honor former Illinois Governor James R. Thompson . The property occupies the entire block bound by Randolph , Lake , Clark and LaSalle Streets , one of the 35 full-size city blocks within Chicago's Loop .
Kickapoo State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 2,842 acres (1,150 ha) in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Located between Oakwood, Illinois and Danville, Illinois , this park is easily accessible through route I-74.
Lake Springfield is a 3,965-acre (16.05 km 2) [1] reservoir in the southeast of the capital city of Springfield, Illinois. It is 560 ft (170 m) above sea level. The lake was formed by building Spaulding Dam across Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Sangamon River. It is the largest municipally-owned body of water in Illinois. [1]