Geography
The Chain O'Lakes is composed of ten lakes connected by the Fox River and another five lakes by small canals and channels (with limited access). Of the ten lakes connected by the Fox River, three of the lakes are natural lakes. The three natural lakes are Grass Lake, Lake Marie and Nippersink Lake. The other seven lakes connected by the Fox River are Bluff Lake, Fox Lake, Pistakee Lake, Channel Lake, Petite Lake, Lake Catherine and Redhead Lake. The remaining five lakes of the system are Duck Lake, Long Lake, Spring Lake, Dunn Lake and Brandenburg Lake.
The Chain O'Lakes system begins at the Illinois/ Wisconsin border. The Fox River travels down near the border between McHenry County and Lake County in Illinois as it flows from the state border to the first lake in the Chain, Grass Lake. Grass Lake is the shallowest lake on the Chain with an average depth of 3 feet (0.91 m). Grass Lake is also the third largest lake on the Chain, with an approximate area of 1,360 acres (5.5 km2). Pistakee Lake and Fox Lake are the two largest lakes on the Chain, each with an area of 1,700 acres (6.9 km2). Grass Lake directly connects to Fox Lake and both lakes connect to Pistakee Lake through Nippersink Lake. The Fox River exits the Chain O'Lakes at the southwest corner of Pistakee Lake.
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