Illinois River / Starve Rock Area
The River in the Starve
Rock area is being used as recreation and transportation.
Location
The images where taken from Buffalo Rock State Park (north east of Starve
Rock), Starve Rock State park, and on the patle boat. The area is between
the two towns of Utica and Ottawa.
Size
River runs through several
states.
When
the pictures were taken
The pictures were taken during the dry season in 2005 when water levels
were down. The actual depth of the river in certain areas during this
time was three to five feet.