Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge
The Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge is a 11,122-acre are currently managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges Complex.Photo: Kylehance, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ogden-Fettie Site and Dickson Mounds.
Ogden-Fettie Site
Archaeological site
Photo: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ogden-Fettie Site is a prehistoric mound site located south of Lewistown in Fulton County, Illinois. The site was built during the Woodland period and is associated with the Havana Hopewell culture; it dates from roughly 100 B.C. to 400 A.D.
Dickson Mounds
Protected area
Photo: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dickson Mounds is a Native American settlement site and burial mound complex near Lewistown, Illinois. It is located in Fulton County on a low bluff overlooking the Illinois River. Dickson Mounds is situated 2 miles northwest of Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge.
Rockwell Mound
Archaeological site
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Rockwell Mound has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1987. The mound is located in Rockwell Park, on North Orange Street in the Illinois River city of Havana in Mason County. Rockwell Mound is situated 2½ miles southeast of Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Havana and Lewistown.
Havana
Town
Photo: Maliwhite10, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Havana is a city and the county seat of Mason County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,963 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 3,301 tabulated in 2010. Havana is situated 2½ miles southeast of Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge.
Lewistown
Town
Lewistown is a city and the county seat of Fulton County, Illinois, United States. It was named by its founder, Ossian M. Ross, after his oldest son, Lewis Winans Ross. Lewistown is situated 6 miles northwest of Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge.
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge
- Type: Park
- Description: wetland wildlife refuge in Fulton County, Illinois
- Category: National Wildlife Refuge
- Location: Fulton, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge”
- Japanese: “エミクォン国立野生生物保護区”
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