Plum Island Eagle Sanctuary
The Plum Island Eagle Sanctuary (Plum Island) is a 52-acre island in the Illinois River owned by the Illinois Audubon Society.''Eaglets heading back into the wild'' Linda Girardi, (Chicago) Sun-Times Media. Publishing instance: The Naperville Sun, October 23, 2011 P17 It was purchased March 24, 2004 to act as a wildlife sanctuary, to protect foraging habitat for wintering bald eagles. It is close to Matthiessen State Park and adjacent to Starved Rock State Park. History Remains found on Plum Island date to around 2000 BC. The large number of human remains of the island have led to it being called "Massacre Island"; another former name is Wooded Island. In 1950, the park acquired a state charter to use the island as an airstrip known as Starved Rock Airpark. A Aerial lift, cable car shuttled visitors from the park to the island, where they could go on a plane ride for a fee. Severe flooding destroyed the cable car infrastructure in 1970. Plane rides stopped being offered in 1975 ...
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