Chain O'Lakes State Park is a Illinois state park at the inlet of the Fox River into the

Chain O'Lakes The Chain O'Lakes, or simply "The Chain", is a waterway system in northeast Illinois composed of 15 lakes connected by the Fox River (Illinois River tributary), Fox River and man-made channels. Encompassing more than of water, of shoreline a ...

Lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

and McHenry counties, in the suburban wildlife of

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

, United States. It is one of the centerpieces of the proposed

Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge The Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge is a United States national wildlife refuge that will include noncontiguous properties, especially tallgrass prairie patches, wetland properties, and oak savanna parcels, located in the northwestern regio ...

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* * State parks of Illinois Protected areas of Lake County, Illinois Protected areas of McHenry County, Illinois Protected areas established in 1945 1945 establishments in Illinois {{McHenryCountyIL-geo-stub