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Rapid IL

Madison Street / Stone Gate Park

Waubonsie Creek - Oswego: Stone Gate Park to Fox River (0.54 - 2.2 miles) (IL)

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Gauge Conditions
Waubonsee Creek near Oswego, IL Upstream Primary
Runnable: 100.0 – 700.0 CFS

Too low for reasonable whitewater.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Madison Street / Stone Gate Park
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Most boaters opt to just put in from Stonegate Park, hiking as far up the trail as is allowed.

The Oswegoland Park District website lists this as a 2.0 acre natural area. (Another site lists it as 3.6 acres?)
It has just three parking spaces, a picnic area, an asphalt path with sitting areas, and fishing (catch and release only). They go on to say:
"In the fall of 1999, the Oswegoland Park District removed the damaged Waubonsie Creek dam and installed fish-friendly improvements, including riffles and fish lunkers."
"In 2010, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers partnered with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to restore fish passages along two areas of the Waubonsie Creek, as well as to correct erosion along the creek’s shores."


On Oct 17, 2010 a warning was posted regarding a cable spanning the creek under the Madison Street Bridge. We strongly suspect that was a temporary barrier (to trap sediment and debris during aforementioned construction) which was likely was removed soon after that work was completed. (Can anyone confirm, so we can remove that 'Alert' and the photo?)

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class N/A
Mile Marker
2.0 mi
Directions
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Oswego: Stone Gate Park to Fox River (0.54 - 2.2 miles)
Waubonsie Creek
II 2.2 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater