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Illinois Waterway IL and IN
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
257 Grant Street
Peoria, IL 61603
Phone: (309) 676-4601

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NOTICE: Many states are discouraging or banning movement of firewood to control spread of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). Not bringing wood from home to your campsite and not taking unused wood you procure while camping home with you is recommended -- required in some states. Check the following website to learn more: http://www.emeraldashborer.info/

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Illinois Waterway Visitor Center (815) 667-4054

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Directions: The Visitor Center is located at Starved Rock Lock and Dam on the Illinois River between Ottawa and Utica. From I-80 take exit 81 and follow the signs south through Utica. Turn left immediately prior to the bridge. Follow the road until you see the lock a

Factoid: Ever want to see the operation of a lock and dam? The Illinois Waterway Visitor Center offers you that as well as impressive towboats of mammoth proportions navigating through the Starved Rock Lock, which is one of eight on the Illinois Waterway. While there you can see all sorts of cool displays in the visitor center. Displays cover the waterway from the Illinois and Michigan Canal to today’s modern lock and dam structures. The visitor center is open 7 days a week with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.

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Recreation areas 1 - 3 of 3 at Illinois Waterway

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 Indicates Corps Managed Rec Area Marseilles Lock Public Access Area              
 Indicates Corps Managed Rec Area Starved Rock Lock Public Access Area       A        
 Indicates Corps Managed Rec Area Tj O'Brien Public Access Area       A        
 Indicates Corps Managed Rec Area   Corps Managed $ Corps Fees Collected Managed by Others in Italics
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