Devils Kitchen Lake is an 810-acre (3.3 km²) reservoir in southern Illinois, created by the damming of Grassy Creek, a tributary of Crab Orchard Lake and the Big Muddy River. Most of the lake is located in Williamson County, southwest of Marion, Illinois. The lake is accessible from Interstate 57. Two arms of the lake penetrate into adjacent Union County. The lake is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Williamson County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. ... ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... (Redirected from 1 E6 m2) To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 1 km² (100 hectares) and 10 km² (1000 hectares). ... ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... The Big Muddy River is located in Illinois. ... Williamson County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Marion is a city in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. ... Interstate 57 (abbreviated I-57) is an interstate highway in the midwestern United States. ... Union County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... The USFWS logo The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that is dedicated to managing and preserving wildlife. ...

Geology and history

Devils Kitchen Lake is located just south of the farthest advance reached by glaciers during the Ice Ages. Instead of being located in the relatively flat, rolling terrain characteristic of most of Illinois, the lake is located in an unglaciated zone of deep sandstone valleys and steep slopes. Devils Kitchen Lake is located in on of these valleys, and it is one of the deepest lakes in Illinois. Sections of the lake are as much as 90 feet (27 m) deep.^[1] Austrias longest glacier, the Pasterze, winds its 8 km (5 mile) route at the foot of Austrias highest mountain, the Grossglockner A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ...

The drainage area surrounding Devils Kitchen Lake was not very suitable for agriculture and, after being cleared in the early 1800s by frontier settlers, the region drifted out of cultivation. Much of the land was condemned by the federal government during the Great Depression of the 1930s as a form of agricultural readjustment and relief. The Civilian Conservation Corps built Crab Orchard Lake in that decade, and two lakes in Crab Orchard's drainage area, Devils Kitchen Lake and Little Grassy Lake, soon followed it to stabilize water supply to the larger, downstream lake and provide additional recreational opportunities. The drainage area around Devils Kitchen Lake was allocated to Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, Panther Den Wilderness, and Shawnee National Forest.^[2] The Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ... CCC workers on road construction, Camp Euclid, Ohio 1936 The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program for young men from unemployed families established on March 19, 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first hundred days. ... The Shawnee National Forest, located in the Ozark and Shawnee hills of Southern Illinois, consists of approximately 270,000 acres of federally managed lands. ...

The lake today

The depth of Devils Kitchen Lake make it a suitable lake for rainbow trout, a cool-water fish that does not thrive in most Illinois waters.^[1] Other fish more familiar in Illinois are also found, such as the largemouth bass, bluegill, catfish, and yellow perch. The shores are controlled by the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, and there are three separate boat-launching areas, on the north end, western shore, and eastern shore. Ther is a power limit on the lake, with motors restricted to 10 h.p. or less. It has been suggested that Steelhead be merged into this article or section. ... Binomial name Micropterus salmoides The Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a species of fish. ... Binomial name Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 The Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) is a species of freshwater fish. ... Families Akysidae Amblycipitidae Amphiliidae Ariidae Aspredinidae Astroblepidae Auchenipteridae Bagridae Callichthyidae Cetopsidae Chacidae Clariidae Claroteidae Cranoglanididae Diplomystidae Doradidae Erethistidae Hypophthalmidae Ictaluridae Lacantuniidae Loricariidae Malapteruridae Mochokidae Nematogenyidae Pangasiidae Parakysidae Pimelodidae Plotosidae Schilbeidae Scoloplacidae Siluridae Sisoridae Trichomycteridae Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of fish. ... For the unit of measurement, see pole. ...

Sections of the lake is filled with underwater snags, the stumps of dead trees from the valley forest that once lived where the lake is today. Fishermen are advised to be aware of these snags. Swimming is forbidden in Devils Kitchen Lake.

A fee is required for motor vehicle access to the lakeshore.^[3]

The nearest interstate exit is Exit 45 on Interstate 57.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Chris McKinley, "Southern Illinois Lakes: Cool, Cool Water", accessed April 23, 2007.[1]
2. ^ Susan L. Post, "Hiking Illinois" (1997; Human Kinetics), page 189.
3. ^ "Shawnee National Forest: Recreational Activities", accessed April 23, 2007.[2]

External links

• Shawnee National Forest
• "Treasures of Little Egypt" website