The Montgomery Dam is a gravity dam on the Fox River in Montgomery, Illinois. The dam was built for flood control and navigation in 1969 as a part of the Stratton project dam system which was designed to keep the river navagable from the Wisconsin border to the confluence with the

Illinois River The Illinois River ( mia, Inoka Siipiiwi) is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River and is approximately long. Located in the U.S. state of Illinois, it has a drainage basin of . The Illinois River begins at the confluence of the D ...

. It is owned by Illinois Department Of Natural Resources. The dam is high and long. It impounds . The Fox River watershed above the Montgomery Dam totals . For many years, this dam and the upstream North Avenue Dam set the water levels for the

Aurora, Illinois Aurora is a city in the Chicago metropolitan area located partially in DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage, Kane County, Illinois, Kane, Kendall County, Illinois, Kendall, and Will County, Illinois, Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Locat ...

stretch of the Fox River. However, in 2006, the City of Aurora removed the North Avenue Dam, and advocates of a free-flowing river are now seeking removal of the Montgomery Dam as well.

References

{{Coord, 41.73369, -88.33376, region:US_type:landmark, display=title Dams in Illinois Geography of Aurora, Illinois Buildings and structures in Kane County, Illinois Dams completed in 1969 United States state-owned dams