McHenry Dam

The McHenry Dam is the only dam on the Fox River (Illinois, USA) that is served by a lock system. It is located in Nunda Township, McHenry County, Illinois, and was built in 1907.

The facility is owned and run by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The lock operates for all powered, sail driven, or paddle propelled canoes or boats, even float tubes, at no charge.

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Coordinates: 42°18′36″N 88°15′06″W / 42.31000°N 88.25167°W / 42.31000; -88.25167

Municipalities and communities of McHenry County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Woodstock

Cities	Crystal Lake Harvard Marengo McHenry Woodstock

Villages	Algonquin‡ Barrington Hills‡ Bull Valley Cary Fox Lake‡ Fox River Grove‡ Greenwood Hebron Holiday Hills Huntley‡ Island Lake‡ Johnsburg Lake in the Hills Lakemoor‡ Lakewood McCullom Lake Oakwood Hills Port Barrington‡ Prairie Grove Richmond Ringwood Spring Grove Trout Valley Union Wonder Lake

Townships	Alden Algonquin Burton Chemung Coral Dorr Dunham Grafton Greenwood Hartland Hebron Marengo McHenry Nunda Richmond Riley Seneca

CDPs	Chemung Pistakee Highlands

Other unincorporated communities	Alden Big Foot Prairie‡ Burtons Bridge Coral Franklinville Harmony Hartland Lawrence Palm Beach Ridgefield Riley Silver Lake Solon Mills Terra Cotta

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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