MAZON RIVER

The 'Mazon River', or "Mazon Creek", is a tributary of the Illinois River, which it joins near Morris, Illinois.
The Mazon River is associated with the Mazon Creek fossils of the Francis Creek Shale, which are also exposed in strip mines and quarries near the River. This fossil bed includes well-preserved fossils from the Pennsylvanian period of the Paleozoic era, and is a world-famous Lagerstätte site.
The Mazon River is about 30 miles in length, counting the West Fork as the main branch.
Although the Mazon River offers whitewater, access is difficult. Prairie State Canoeists seem to offer frequent tours.

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Cities and Counties

See also

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Cities and Counties

The following cities, towns and villages are within the Mazon watershed:

★ Braidwood

★ Coal City

★ Dwight

★ Gardner

★ Mazon, Illinois
The following Counties are at least partly drained by the Mazon river:

★ Grundy County

★ Kankakee County

★ Livingston County

★ Will County

See also

★ List of Illinois rivers

External links

★ American Whitewater

★ Prairie State Canoeists

★ Field Museum Collection, Mazon Creek Fossils

★ Illinois State Museum, Mazon Creek Fossil Collection

★ National Park Service

★ Prairie Rivers Network

★ USGS Real-time Stream Gage Mazon River

★ USEPA TMDL's

★ Upper Illinois/Mazon River watershed map (PDF)