Conroy Island
Conroy Island is an island in Will, Illinois. Conroy Island is situated nearby to the town Channahon, as well as near the hamlet Blodgett.Places of Interest
Highlights include Briscoe Mounds and Dresden Generating Station.
Briscoe Mounds
Historic site
Photo: QuartierLatin1968, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Briscoe Mounds, officially Illinois Archaeological Survey No. Wi-25, is an archaeological site in Channahon, Illinois. The mound site is located along the north edge of the Des Plaines River and is the largest mound site in northern Illinois.
Dresden Generating Station
Power station
Photo: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain.
Dresden Generating Station is the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the United States. Dresden 1 was activated in 1960 and retired in 1978.
Des Plaines State Conservation Area
Nature reserve
Photo: tjb1215, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 5,000 acres in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is located on floodplain adjacent to the confluence of its namesake the Des Plaines River and the Kankakee River to form the Illinois River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Channahon and Millsdale.
Channahon
Town
Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Channahon is a village in Grundy and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 13,383 at the 2020 census. Located in a rural area southwest of Joliet, Illinois, Channahon lies at the confluence of the Des Plaines, Kankakee, and DuPage rivers, where they form the Illinois River.
Millsdale
Hamlet
Millsdale is an abandoned village located in Channahon Township, Will County, Illinois, United States. In 1903, it had a population of 25. In 1946, it had a population of 20. The Santa Fe Railway stopped at Millsdale Station.
Minooka
Town
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Minooka is a village in Grundy, Kendall, and Will counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,758 at the 2020 census, up from 10,924 at the 2010 census. The village is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Conroy Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Will County, Illinois, United States of America
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Will, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.40003° or 41° 24′ 0″ northLongitude
-88.22645° or 88° 13′ 35″ westElevation
515 feet (157 metres)Open location code
86HHCQ2F+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 354229196OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Conroy Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Conroy Island”
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