The lakes offer a variety of different activities as each is different. The two largest Lakes are Fox Lake and Pistakee Lake at about 1.700 acres each. They provide space for open boating and fishing.
Originally Pistakee was a shallow lake full of marshes and waterfowl, a great place for hunting. The creation of the dam at McHenry, Illinois,, increased the depth of the lake and made it navigable. Fox and Pistakee lakes were well-known for boating even back to the early 1900s. They were especially known for sailboat races and Pistakee still has a Pistakee Yacht Club, featuring sailboats.
Grass Lake (Grasslake) is the third largest lake and estimated to cover 1360 acres, but is considered the shallowest of the Chain of Lakes with an average depth of 3 feet. It was best-known to visitors in the early 1900s because of its world-famous Lotus Beds. Rising lake levels due to the dam fairly well caused their decline, but in the last few years they are making a comeback.
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