Saganashkee Slough | |
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![]() Saganashkee Slough | |
Location | Cook County, Illinois, United States[1] |
Coordinates | 41°41′38″N 87°53′28″W / 41.694°N 87.891°W |
Type | Reservoir[2] |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 377 acres (153 ha)[1] |
Average depth | 6.5 ft (2.0 m)[1] |
Surface elevation | 591 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]
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