This is a list of
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
s and
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
s in the
U.S. state
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of
Illinois
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. The lakes are ordered by their unique names, ''(i.e. Lake Smith or Smith Lake would both be listed under "S")''.
A
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Anderson Lake, Fulton County
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Antioch Lake,
Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ ...
, Lake County.
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Apple Canyon Lake (reservoir), a private lake resort community near
Apple River in Jo Daviess County.
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Argyle Lake (reservoir), McDonough County
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Lake Arlington,
Arlington Heights, Cook County.
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Augusta Lake (reservoir),
Hancock County.
B
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Baldwin Lake (reservoir), Randolph County
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Bangs Lake,
Wauconda, Lake County
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Lake Barrington, Lake County
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Bayles Lake (reservoir), Iroquois County
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Big Bear Lake,
Vernon Hills
Vernon Hills is a suburb north of Chicago, Illinois in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 26,850 at the 2020 census. Vernon Hills serves as a retail hub for its surrounding area ( Libertyville, Lake Forest, Long Grove, Lin ...
, Lake County.
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Lake Bloomington (reservoir),
McLean County.
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Bluff Lake,
Lake County.
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Lake Bracken (reservoir),
Galesburg, Knox County.
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Butler Lake (reservoir),
Libertyville, Lake County.
C
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Lake Calumet,
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, Cook County
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Candlewick Lake (reservoir),
Boone County.
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Canton Lake (reservoir), Fulton County
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Lake Carlton (reservoir), Whiteside County
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Carlyle Lake
Carlyle Lake is a reservoir largely located in Clinton County, Illinois, with smaller portions of the lake within Bond and Fayette counties. It is the largest man-made lake in Illinois, and the largest lake wholly contained within the state.
Hi ...
(reservoir), Clinton County
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Lake Carroll (reservoir), Carroll County
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Lake Catherine,
Lake County.
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Cedar Lake (reservoir), Jackson County
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Cedar Lake,
Lake Villa, Lake County.
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Lake Centralia Lake Centralia is a reservoir in Marion County, Illinois. Served by rural roads, it is 8 miles (13 km) east of the Illinois city of Centralia. The reservoir is 412 acres in size, has a shoreline length of 12.9 miles, and possesses an average water d ...
(reservoir),
Marion County.
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Chain O'Lakes, Lake and McHenry Counties
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Channel Lake, Lake County
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Lake Charles (reservoir), Lake County
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Lake Charleston (reservoir), Coles County
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Clear Lake, Sangamon County
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Clinton Lake (reservoir), DeWitt County
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Coffeen Lake (reservoir), Montgomery County
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Countryside Lake (reservoir), Lake County.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Crab Orchard Lake is a 6,965-acre (28.2 km²) reservoir in Williamson County, Illinois. It is the centerpiece of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. It is fed by Devils Kitchen Lake and Little Grassy Lake, which are also within the ...
(reservoir), Williamson County
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Cranberry Lake,
Lake County.
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Crystal Lake Crystal Lake or Crystal Lakes may refer to:
Lakes
Canada
* Crystal Lake (Saskatchewan)
* Crystal Lake (Ontario), drain into the Lynn River, which drains into Lake Erie
United States
* Crystal Lake, California, a mountain lake in Nevad ...
, McHenry County
*Lake Charleston, coles county
D
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Davis Lake,
Lake County.
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Dawson Lake (reservoir), McLean County
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Lake Decatur (reservoir), Macon County
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Deep Lake,
Lake County.
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Deer Lake,
Lake County.
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Devils Kitchen Lake (reservoir), Williamson County
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Diamond Lake, near
Mundelein, Lake County.
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Druce Lake,
Lake County.
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Duck Lake,
Lake County.
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Dunlap Lake (reservoir),
Madison County.
E
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East Fork Lake (reservoir),
Richland County.
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Echo Lake,
Lake Zurich
__NOTOC__
Lake Zurich (Swiss German/ Alemannic: ''Zürisee''; German: ''Zürichsee''; rm, Lai da Turitg) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or ''Zürichsee'' can be used to ...
, Lake County.
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Lake of Egypt (reservoir), Williamson and Johnson Counties
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Elmwood Farms Lake (reservoir),
Lake County.
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Evergreen Lake (reservoir),
McLean
MacLean, also spelt Maclean and McLean, is a Goidelic languages, Gaelic surname Mac Gille Eathain, or, Mac Giolla Eóin in Irish language, Irish Gaelic), Eóin being a Gaelic form of Johannes (John (given name), John). The clan surname is an A ...
and
Woodford Counties.
F
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Lake Fairfield,
Lake County.
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Fish Lake,
Lake County, previously known as Duncan Lake.
* Five Oaks Ski Lake,
Frankfort, Will County
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Forest Lake, Lake County
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Fourth Lake,
Lake Villa, Lake County.
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Fox Lake, Lake County
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Frentress Lake, Jo Daviess County
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Fyre Lake (reservoir), near
Sherrard, Mercer County.
G
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Gages Lake, Lake County
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Lake Galena (reservoir), Jo Daviess County
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Lake Glenn Shoals (reservoir), Montgomery County
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Goose Lake, Grundy County
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Governor Bond Lake (reservoir), Bond County
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Grass Lake, Lake County.
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Grassy Lake, Lake County.
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Grays Lake, Lake County
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Griswold Lake, McHenry County.
H
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Hastings Lake,
Lake County.
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Heidecke Lake, Grundy County
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Hendrick Lake, Lake County.
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Hifer Lake,
McLean County.
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Highland Lake, Lake County.
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Lake Hillcrest (reservoir), Madison County
* Lake Holiday (reservoir), LaSalle County
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Homer White Lake (reservoir),
Lake County.
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Honey Lake
Honey Lake is an endorheic sink in the Honey Lake Valley in northeastern California, near the Nevada border. Summer evaporation reduces the lake to a lower level of and creates an alkali flat. Honey Lake dries almost completely in most years.
H ...
,
Lake County.
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Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County
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Horseshoe Lake, Madison County
I
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Lake Iroquois Lake Iroquois can refer to:
*Lake Iroquois (South Dakota)
* Lake Iroquois (Vermont) in Vermont in the United States
* Lake Iroquois, Illinois in Iroquois County in Illinois in the United States
*Glacial Lake Iroquois
Glacial Lake Iroquois was a p ...
(reservoir), Iroquois County
*
Island Lake, Lake and McHenry Counties
J
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Lake Jacksonville (reservoir), near
Jacksonville
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, Morgan County
K
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Kellart Lake (reservoir), near
Cissna Park, Iroquois County.
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Kidd Lake, Monroe County
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Lake Killarney, McHenry County
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Kinkaid Lake
Kinkaid Lake is a reservoir located in southwestern Illinois. Entirely within Jackson County, the lake is approximately northwest of Murphysboro and southeast of St. Louis.
History and ownership
Kinkaid Lake was built in 1968 with an average ...
(reservoir), Jackson County
L
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Lake in the Hills
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a Depression (geology), basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the World Ocean, oce ...
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Lake Lancelot, Peoria County
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LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is a man-made lake, built as a cooling pond
A cooling pond is a man-made body of water primarily formed for the purpose of ...
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Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park
* Lincoln Lake near
Coal City
* Lake Linden in
Lindenhurst
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Lake Petersburg, Menard County
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Little Grassy Lake (reservoir), Jackson and Williamson Counties
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Little Swan Lake (reservoir), near
Avon, Fulton County
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Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond (; gd, Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the Elms'Richens, R. J. (1984) ''Elm'', Cambridge University Press.) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of C ...
,
Mundelein, Lake County
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Long Lake
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Loon Lake (East and West), Lake County
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Lake Lou Yaeger, Montgomery County
* Lake Louise in
Barrington
* Lake Louise near
Bryon
M
* Lake Marie,
Lake County
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Lake Mattoon (reservoir), Coles, Cumberland and Shelby Counties
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McCullom Lake
* Lake Meadow,
Madison County
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Meredosia Lake
Meredosia Lake is a riparian lake that forms part of the valley of the Illinois River. It is located in Cass and Morgan Counties, Illinois. Much of the floodplain isthmus between Lake Meredosia and the river is known as Meredosia Island, and much ...
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Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
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Lake Michigan
* Mill Creek Lake,
Clark County
* Miltmore Lake,
Lake County
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Monee Reservoir
Monee Reservoir, located at 27341 Ridgeland Avenue, Monee, Illinois, is part of the Forest Preserve District of Will County.Forest Preserve District of Will County 2011"
Geography
The forest preserve contains a reservoir lake. The terrain withi ...
, Will County
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Mud Lake (disambiguation)
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Murphy Lake (reservoir), Cook County
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Lake Murphysboro State Park
Lake Murphysboro State Park is an Illinois state park on in Jackson County, Illinois, United States
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(reservoir), Jackson County
N
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Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on in Jasper County, Illinois, United States. The park's grasslands are home to the largest of the three remaining greater prairie chicken flocks in Illinois.
The park cente ...
(reservoir), Jasper County
* Lake Napa Suwe,
Wauconda
* Nippersink Lake,
Lake County
O
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Lake Opeka,
Des Plaines
Des Plaines is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 60,675. The city is a suburb of Chicago and is located just north of O'Hare International Airport. It is situated on and is named after the ...
, Cook County
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Otter Lake (reservoir), Macoupin County
P–Q
*Papoose Lake, Cook County
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Lake Paradise (reservoir), Coles County
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Peoria Lake
Peoria Lake is a section of the Illinois River between Peoria in Peoria County, Illinois and East Peoria in Tazewell County, Illinois. The oldest section of Peoria, the largest city on the river, lies at its shores.
The lake is formed by a bro ...
, Peoria and Tazewell Counties
* Petite Lake,
Lake County
* Pierce Lake, a man-made lake in
Rock Cut State Park
Rock Cut State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of Illinois. Located near Rockford in Winnebago County, it covers , enveloping Pierce Lake and Olson Lake. Rock Cut Park's main entrance is located on Highway 173, 1 mile west of Intersta ...
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Pistakee Lake
* Potomac Lake,
Lake County
* Pana Lake, a man made lake Christian and Shelby Counties
* Paragon Lake, also a man made lake in Christian County
R
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Raccoon Lake, Marion County
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Ramsey Lake (reservoir), Fayette County
* Redwing Slough Lake,
Lake County
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Rend Lake
Rend Lake is a long, wide reservoir located in Southern Illinois in Franklin and Jefferson Counties near the town of Benton. It contains 18,900 acres (76 km2) of water, stores of water, and supplies over 15 million gallons of water pe ...
(reservoir), Franklin and Jefferson Counties
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Rice Lake, Fulton County
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Round Lake, Lake County
S
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Saganashkee Slough, Cook County
* Saint Marys Lake near
Mundelein, Lake County
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Sam Dale Lake (reservoir), Wayne County
* Sand Lake,
Lake County
*
Sangchris Lake
Sangchris Lake is a 3,022-acre (12.2 km²) reservoir located in Christian and Sangamon Counties, Illinois. It was created in 1964 by damming Clear Creek, a tributary of the South Fork of the Sangamon River for recreation and to serve as a so ...
(reservoir), Christian and Sangamon Counties
* Lake Sara near
Effingham
*
Senachwine Lake
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Shabbona Lake (reservoir), DeKalb County
* Shagbark Lake Near Des Plaines River, Illinois
*
Lake Shelbyville
Lake Shelbyville is a reservoir located in Shelby County, Illinois and Moultrie County, Illinois created by damming the Kaskaskia River at Shelbyville, Illinois. The lake's normal surface pool is at an elevation of . The area that surrounds the ...
(reservoir), Shelby and Moultrie Counties
* Silver Lake,
Lake County
*
Skokie Lagoons (reservoir), Cook County
* Slough Lake,
Lake County
* Spoon Lake near
Dahinda
*
Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
*
Lake Springfield
Lake Springfield is a reservoir on the southeast edge of the city of Springfield, Illinois. It is above sea level. The lake was formed in 1931–1935 by building Spaulding Dam across Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Sangamon River.
The lake wa ...
(reservoir), Sangamon County
* Sterling Lake,
Lake County
* Lake Storey,
Galesburg, Illinois
Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The city is northwest of Peoria. At the 2010 census, its population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County and the principal city of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical ...
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Lake Summerset (reservoir), Stephenson and Winnebago Counties
* Sun Lake,
Lake County
* Sylvan Lake,
Lake County
T
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Lake Taylorville (reservoir), Christian County
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Third Lake
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Lake Thunderbird (reservoir),
Putnam County
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Tower Lakes
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Timberlake, Barrington, Lake County, Illinois
U
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Upper Peoria Lake
V
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Valley Lake (Illinois),
Lake County.
*
Vandalia Lake Vandalia Lake is a reservoir in Fayette County, Illinois. Served by Illinois Route 185 and by rural roads, it is 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of the small Illinois city of Vandalia. The city, which owns the lake for flood control and water-supply pu ...
(reservoir),
Fayette County.
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Lake Vermilion
Lake Vermilion is a shallow freshwater lake in northeastern Minnesota, United States. The Ojibwe originally called the lake Nee-Man-Nee, which means “the evening sun tinting the water a reddish color”. French fur traders translated this to th ...
(reservoir),
Vermilion County
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Vermont New Lake (reservoir),
McDonough County.
W–Y
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Washington County State Lake
* Waterford Lake near
Lake Villa
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Waverly Lake. Morgan County
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West Frankfort Lake, Franklin County
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Lake Wildwood (reservoir), Marshall County near
Varna.
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Wolf Lake
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, Cook County
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Wonder Lake, McHenry County
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Woodhaven Lakes, Lee County
* Wooster Lake,
Lake County
Z
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Lake Zurich
__NOTOC__
Lake Zurich (Swiss German/ Alemannic: ''Zürisee''; German: ''Zürichsee''; rm, Lai da Turitg) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or ''Zürichsee'' can be used to ...
, Lake County
Former lakes
*
Ferne Clyffe Lake, Johnson County
*
Lake Kanagga, Effingham County
See also
*
List of rivers of Illinois
References
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Illinois
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