Lake Paradise is a

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on the

Little Wabash River :''Note: The Little River of northeastern Indiana is also sometimes known as the Little Wabash River.'' The Little Wabash River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Ma ...

Coles County Coles County is a county in Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,863. Its county seat is Charleston, which is also the home of Eastern Illinois University. Coles County is part of the Charleston- Mattoon, IL Micropolitan S ...

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. The reservoir covers an area of . The community of

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is located near the lake's southern shore. The Little Wabash River was dammed to create the lake in 1929.

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* Protected areas of Coles County, Illinois

Bodies of water of Coles County, Illinois 1929 establishments in Illinois {{ColesCountyIL-geo-stub