Rend Lake
Rend Lake was built as a joint project by the Illinois Department of Conservation, the Rend Lake Conservancy District, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Construction of the $60 million project took 5 years to complete with the final filling of the lake in the early 1970's. Since that time, many improvements have been made resulting in the current quality facilities that are currently available. Rend Lake today contains 18,900 acres (76 km²) of water and supplies over 15 million gallons of water per day to 300,000 persons in over 60 communities.
Rend Lake is a relatively shallow reservoir, productive for sport and commercial fisherman alike. All species of fish that are common in southern Illinois can be found at Rend Lake, with an abundance of large crappie and channel catfish.
February 2, 2007 7:00 AM | Category: Lake