Shabbona Lake State Park
State park in DeKalb County, Illinois / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[2]
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Location | DeKalb County, Illinois, U.S. |
Nearest city | Shabbona, Illinois |
Coordinates | 41°44′22″N 88°51′08″W[1] |
Area | 1,550 acres (630 ha) |
Established | 1978 |
Governing body | Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
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Seventy miles west of Chicago, off U.S. 30, urban landscape gives way to 1,550 acres (630 ha) of rolling prairie and a 318.8 acres (129.0 ha) man-made fishing lake.[3]