Shabbona Lake State Park
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Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area | |
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Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area | |
Location | DeKalb County, Illinois, USA |
Nearest city | Shabbona, Illinois |
Coordinates | 41°44′22″N 88°51′08″W / 41.73944°N 88.85222°WCoordinates: 41°44′22″N 88°51′08″W / 41.73944°N 88.85222°W[1] |
Area | 1,550 acres (630 ha) |
Established | 1978 |
Governing body | Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 1,550 acres (630 ha) in Shabbona Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. Shabbona Lake is a man-made lake created in 1975 by damming the (Big) Indian Creek, a tributary of the Fox River. Its name derives from the Potawatomi leader Shabbona.
Seventy miles west of Chicago, off U.S. 30, urban landscape gives way to 1,550 acres of rolling prairie and a 318.8-acre man-made fishing lake. Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area provides a convenient, natural haven from the hustle and bustle of daily life.[2]
Notes[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shabbona Lake State Recreational Area
- ^ "Parks". www.dnr.illinois.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
References[edit]
- "Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- USGS. "Shabbona Lake, USGS Shabbona Grove (IL) Quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
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