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Stratton Lock & Dam
Phone: 815-385-2848; Hours of Operation: CLOSED- Mon and Tues (Except Holidays, starting in May); Wed and Sun - 10A - 10P; Thurs, Fri, Sat - 10A - 12A; Holiday Hours 10A - 12A |
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Lake County Marine Unit 847-587-4470
McHenry County Marine Unit 815-385-3239
IDNR Conservation Police 847-608-3100
US Coast Guard 1-800-336-BOAT |
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The Illinois Fox
River Chain O'Lakes is the busiest inland recreational waterway
per acre in
the entire United States. Only an hour's drive from Chicago,
Milwaukee, and Rockford, and with over 7,100 acres of water, 15
lakes and 45 miles of river. This "Key West of the Midwest"
accommodates every water-borne activity including boating, swimming,
tubing, waterskiing, hunting and fishing, and appeals to everyone
from families and couples, to the more adventurous weekender. Chicagoland's playground for over 100 years also boasts some of the
best restaurants and marinas, two State Parks and other
entertainment venues and events unique only to the Fox River Chain
O'Lakes.
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Dredging Packet
Customer Concerns
Duckblinds
Boat Slip Map
User Fee Schedule
Application
Waterway Clean-up
Homeowner Buoy Application
Aquatic Herbicide Permit
Freedom of Information Request (FOIA) |
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The Fox Waterway
Agency is a regional body of government created by the State of
Illinois in 1984 to specifically manage the waterways of the Chain
O’Lakes and the Illinois Fox River. Since it is a
multi-jurisdictional Federal and State public waterway, we
are funded entirely by boating fees, grants, and legislative
funding. Those funds support the FWA’s main mission of dredging and
maintaining public safety through our buoy and debris program to
address the needs of our 3.5 million visitors per year. Recently,
we have begun a program to recycle lake and river sediment by
selling it as topsoil, with a goal to self-fund the multitude of
eroding shoreline and environmental restoration projects awaiting
work.
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