Saganashkee Slough

Saganashkee Slough
Saganashkee Slough
Location of Saganashkee Slough in Illinois, USA.
Location of Saganashkee Slough in Illinois, USA.
Saganashkee Slough
Location of Saganashkee Slough in Illinois, USA.
Location of Saganashkee Slough in Illinois, USA.
Saganashkee Slough
LocationCook County, Illinois, United States[1]
Coordinates41°41′38″N 87°53′28″W / 41.694°N 87.891°W / 41.694; -87.891
TypeReservoir[2]
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area377 acres (153 ha)[1]
Average depth6.5 ft (2.0 m)[1]
Surface elevation591 ft (180 m)[2]

Saganashkee Slough is a 377 acres (153 ha), manmade riparian lake that forms part of the valley of the Cal-Sag Channel.[1] It is located in the Palos Forest Preserves of Cook County, Illinois,[1] on wetland that was drained but was later reverted to a lake starting in 1948-1949 by the construction of dams and levees.[3] Saganashkee Slough, like other segments of the Cal-Sag canal and valley system, drains into the Des Plaines River and ultimately into the Illinois River.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Saganashkee Slough". Forest Preserve District of Cook County. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saganashkee Slough
  3. ^ Tampier Lake/Saganashkee Slough Watersheds TMDL Report (IEPA/BOW/10/001) (PDF) (Report). 2010. {{cite report}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Illinois Atlas and Gazetteer. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping. 1991. ISBN 0-89933-213-7.