Lusk Creek

Lusk Creek

Lusk Creek is a creek located in southeastern Illinois. It is a tributary of the Ohio River, which it joins at Golconda.

Lusk Creek flows through the Lusk Creek Canyon, which is perhaps the wildest place in Illinois. Only a single highway bridge crosses the canyon. The watershed is almost entirely within the Shawnee National Forest, and includes the Lusk Creek Wilderness Area. The entire watershed is within Pope County. The creek is about 21 miles in length.

The creek is named for Maj. James Lusk and the Lusk family that operated Lusk's Ferry near where the creek enters the Ohio River.

External links

* [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=03384450 USGS Real Time Stream Flow, Lusk Creek]
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/shawnee/recreation/wilderness/ US Forest Service Lusk Creek Wilderness Area]
* [http://illinois.sierraclub.org/Shawnee/UncleBob/luskcreek.htm Sierra Club Directions]
* [http://prairierivers.org Prairie Rivers Network]
* [http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=37.46631&lon=-88.54565&s=250&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG TopoQuest map of Lusk Creek]

ee also

*List of Illinois rivers


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