Lake Bracken

General data

Name: Lake Bracken
Water system: Mississippi River
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Brush Creek (Spoon River tributary) -> Spoon River -> Illinois River (Mississippi tributary) -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Lake Bracken is a reservoir in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, United States. Managed by the Lake Bracken Country Club, the lake was formed in 1921 with the damming of Brush Creek. It is part of the Spoon River drainage basin, and has a surface area of 70 ha. Its "overall resource quality" was assessed as "fair" in 1996 by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

Channel catfish, largemouth bass, and carp are known to live in the lake.

Lake Bracken

General data

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