Horseshoe Lake State Park

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Nearest City:	Granite City, IL
Phone:	618-931-0270
State:	Illinois
Type:	State Parks
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Details:	Horseshoe Lake is situated on a low flood plain which follows the Mississippi River down to the Kentucky border. Before the present system of levies was constructed, heavy spring floods would cause the river to overflow its banks. It would sometimes change directions and cut a new channel through these bottomlands. During this process an old river section was cut off from the flowing channel forming a natural oxbow lake. Horseshoe Lake was formed in this manner. All lakes, whether man-made or natural, begin to fill in as soon as they are formed. Horseshoe Lake is a very old lake as illustrated by its three-foot depth.<br><br><b>Directions:</b>  Horseshoe Lake State Park is located near Highway 111 in Madison County which lies in the southwestern part of Illinois.
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