| Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area | |
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 Hiking trail and Shabbona Lake, Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area, November 2013 | |
  Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area  Shabbona Lake State Park (the United States) | |
| Location | DeKalb County, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nearest city | Shabbona, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 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.[2]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shabbona Lake State Recreational Area
- ^ Hancock, Peter (March 2, 2024). "Native Tribe Seeks Return of Ancestral Land in DeKalb County". WTTW News.
- ^ "Parks". www.dnr.illinois.gov. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- "Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- USGS. "Shabbona Lake, USGS Shabbona Grove (IL) Quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
