Lake Shelbyville IL Dam Tour Overview | Shelbyville Works! | Shelbyville Illinois | Kaskaskia River
Visit our social media pages to find out more about what makes Shelbyville so special. US Army Corp of Engineers Park Ranger Jeremy Logan brings us a short message about one of the many great things about Shelbyville Illinois, the Shelbyville Dam and Kaskaskia River spillway.
Looking for a place to play, fish, picnic or just unwind - come to Lake Shelbyville. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and four private concessionaires have partnered to provide a variety of recreational facilities on this 11,100 acre lake.
The Shelbyville Dam across the valley of the Kaskaskia river has created a lake with a normal surface area of 11,100 acres. The lake has been filling with water since the official closing of the dam gates on August 1, 1970 and has a capacity of 684,000 acre feet of storage. Over 474,000 acre feet of the storage facilities have been designed for flood control, with the remaining acreage set aside for joint purposes of water supply, fish and wildlife conservation, recreational development and navigation releases.
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Shelbyville IL Festival of Lights | Lake Shelbyville Illinois | Shelbyville Works!
Visit our social media pages to find out more about what makes Shelbyville IL so special.
Shelbyville Works! presents a message from Tad Mayhall and Bill Bly volunteers at the Shelbyville Illinois Festival of Lights.
Light Displays open Sunday to Thursday 6 pm to 9 pm
Light Displays open Friday and Saturday 6 pm to 10 pm
Donations are accepted at booth at end of tour
This event is located in Forest Park, off of 9th Street in Shelbyville.
TIMES AND EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Forest Park | Chautauqua Auditorium | Shelbyville Works! | Shelbyville IL |Lake Shelbyville Illinois
Visit our social media pages to find out more about what makes Shelbyville so special. A short message about two of the many great things about Shelbyville Illinois, Forest Park and the Chautauqua Auditorium.
Walkers, runners, hikers, and bicyclists are already enjoying the natural beauty that the trail offers. A Grand Opening celebration was held July of 2006 as the first mile of the trail received surface improvements in the spring of 2006. The trail surface was upgraded from dirt and grass to a ten foot wide limestone surface. Another improvement at various locations is the placements of benches for users to rest and take in some spectacular views.
The Chautauqua Auditorium, built in 1903, is a large historic icosagonal (20-sided) wooden chautauqua meeting hall located at Forest Park and North East 9th Street, Shelbyville, Illinois, United States. On January 30, 1978, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
In 2009 Landmarks Illinois declared it one of the 10 most endangered historic places in Illinois. The building is in need of extensive repairs which are estimated to cost $1,750,000. The city of Shelbyville which owns the auditorium has threatened to tear it down if repairs cannot be made within 2 years. The Chautauqua Auditorium Preservation Committee is working on funding for a four-phase renovation project.
This site is dedicated to the Chautauqua Auditorium located in Forest Park, Shelbyville, Illinois. This building has been the trademark of this community since the early 1900's. On October 20th, 2008 , the Shelbyville City Council approved the Chautauqua Auditorium Preservation Committee. The Committee is currently composed of Co-Chairman Wayne Gray, Co-Chairman Mark Atteberry, Larry Burk, Liz Schafer, Gwen Helton, Carol Hurley, June McCain, Dorothy Dilley, Jamie Horsman, Mary Ellen Boley, David Young, Noel Bolinger, Patricia Peterson, John Chambers, Carol Hott and Cory Fry. It is the focus of this committee to lead the way in developing the restoration project of this extremely unique structure. The project will be developed in multiple phases including the initial structural modifications needed to stabilize the building. The Chautauqua Auditorium in Shelbyville, Illinois is a twenty-sided structure made up mostly of wood. The aesthetic of the building was intended to resemble a large tent, which exhibits some of the early beginnings of the Chautauqua movement. The building has a series of 40 operable clerestory windows, 18 large windows located on the main floor level and ten large vertical overhead doors. The Shelbyville Chautauqua Auditorium was designed by a Chicago area Architect named Morrison H. Vail. Vail was also the designer for the Chautauqua structure that was constructed in 1899 in Dixon, IL. That structure was a twenty-four sided structure and had a clear span of 160 feet. That structure was patented in 1902. The Dixon, IL Chautauqua Auditorium was destroyed in the 1940's by fire.
The structure of the Chautauqua Auditorium is extraordinary and as notable as the history of the building itself. The structure is made up of twenty trusses made up of multi-ply wood top chords, double steel tie-rod bottom chords and solid timber web construction. The trusses bear on timber columns located at each end of the walls that make up the twenty-sided structure. Each column is supported on foundations of 4' x 4' flared concrete footings and is anchored to the footings by wrought iron anchors. The lateral support for the building is made up of 2x6 shear walls and horizontal tongue and groove plank siding. The clear span of the structure is 150 feet, which meant that visitors to the building would not have to contend with intermediate columns that could impair viewing of the stage.
The Shelbyville Chautauqua Auditorium contains a wood stage that is approximately 36' x 36'. At the top of the stage are Grecian statues representing Art, Music and Drama. The Auditorium also had an orchestra pit at one time that could seat up to twenty musicians. The seating is arranged in a bowl-shape similar to many modern day auditoriums.
Lake Shelbyville Visitors Center | Shelbyville Illinos | Shelbyville IL | Shelbyville Works!
Visit our social media pages to find out more about what makes Shelbyville so special. US Army Corp of Engineers Operations Manager Rick Raymond brings us a short message about one of the many great things about Shelbyville Illinois, the Lake Shelbyville Visitors Center
The building is part of a $7 million renovation at the lake. It holds not only a visitors center and exhibition hall, but also the offices of more than 25 lake employees.
The building features murals by Sullivan artist Janet Roney and big window views of Lake Shelbyville. The new building includes interactive displays, a gift shop and a meeting room that is available for public gatherings. For the grand opening, there is also a quilt display featuring locally made creations, including one dating from the Civil War, and Lake Shelbyville photo contest winners.
Other features include meeting rooms that enable the entire staff to gather, engineering offices that overlook the lake, a break room with lake views and a two-story arts and crafts style building that incorporates natural materials. In the library, Wi-Fi is a
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Shelbyville Public Library | Shelbyville Illinois | Lake Shelbyville IL | Shelbyville Works!
The Library has seven Internet computer terminals available to patrons. Other services offered include laminating, coping, and faxing.
Two meeting rooms are open for nonprofit groups. Both have access to C and Ku Band satellite broadcasts. Large TV's with tape players are in both rooms. The Library has multimedia, opaque, and overhead projectors for in house use.
A preschool story hour is held on Fridays at 1:00, September through April. The Library hosts a summer reading program for children aged three through 12. Information about programming is available at the Library
Visit our social media pages to find out more about what makes Shelbyville so special. Wendy Koehler brings us a short message about one of the many great things about Shelbyville Illinois, the Shelbyville Public Library.
Shelbyville's Public Library is of classic French Renaissance design, built with funding provided by Andrew Carnegie, and dedicated in 1905. It is handicapped accessible with many services available for visitors and patrons.
In keeping with the Library's plan to always enhance the building's historical and structural integrity, a face-lift was completed in 1995. Fluorescent fixtures were replaced with period and recessed lighting with table lamps placed on tables that originally held them. An unsightly aging air conditioning system was replaced and concealed.
With a grant from the State Library in 2000, the Library added an additional four rooms. These rooms and the interior of the rest of the building were carpeted, painted, and woodworked so as to coordinate and incorporate the new and the old.
Visitors are encouraged to come and enjoy a quiet interlude while viewing fluted pilasters, oak arches, fireplaces and many original furnishings.
In 1902 the Shelbyville Women's Club, encouraged by an offer of $10,000 from Andrew Carnegie, presented a petition of more than 500 names and organized the movement for construction of a Library.
Carnegie designated that the city establish a building site, maintenance fund, and a governing board in order to receive an endowment.The city appropriated matching funds, and the site of the old Shelbyville Seminary was proposed for the location of the new library building.
The Library was officially established April 7, 1902, and the first governing board was organized under T.F. Dove. A nine-member board appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council supervises all library business. Members are appointed for three-year terms, the librarian is chosen by the board.
The dedication and transfer of the Free Public Library and Reading Rooms to the city of Shelbyville took place in a blaze of glory at the First Methodist Episcopal Church Wednesday evening. The exercises at the church began at 7:30 and lasted an hour.Immediately following the dedicatory services a reception was held at the library building. For the city of Shelbyville the hour was supreme.The magnificent audience which taxed the capacity of Shelbyville's largest church edifice and which afterwards went en masse to the classic-looking structure on North Broadway, was an unmistakable testimonial.It was a splendid exhibition of the people's attitude with regard to the city's latest triumph and showed that the public was heartily in sympathy with all that had been done.
The Shelbyville Free Public Library was dedicated May 3, 1905 and opened with an inventory of approximately 3,000 books and 25 periodicals.Grace Westervelt, daughter of the mayor, became the first of nine librarians who have been employed by the Library.
Although initially independent, the Library's growth has been aided since 1965 through affiliation with the Rolling Prairie Library System.The library joined the RPLS Local Library System Automation Project in 1995 and has increased its level of service to its patrons tremendously.
In 1987, the Library Board applied for and received a Build Illinois Grant. These funds provided the assistance needed to construct an accessible entrance to the facility and completed Phase I of the Library's building program. Because this program was ambitious, it had to be divided into two phases. Phase II was completed with another LSTA grant in 2000. Phase II added much needed space, a second meeting room, a kitchen area, new storm windows, and interior decoration that was in keeping with the style and elegance dictated by the building's age and beauty.
General Dacey Trail | Shelbyville IL | Shelbyville Works! | Lake Shelbyville Illinois
Visit our social media pages to find out more about what makes Shelbyville so special. A short message about one of the many great things about Shelbyville Illinois, the General Dacey Trail.
The General Dacey Trail is a multipurpose trail designed for walkers, runners and bicyclists. This trail is a great place for the whole family to spend time together enjoying creation. Besides exercising, the trail is a great place for bird watching, geocaching and photography. The trail offers users many opportunities to pause on donated benches and contemplate stunning views of Lake Shelbyville and the area.
Walkers, runners, hikers, and bicyclists are already enjoying the natural beauty that the trail offers. A Grand Opening celebration was held July of 2006 as the first mile of the trail received surface improvements in the spring of 2006. The trail surface was upgraded from dirt and grass to a ten foot wide limestone surface. Another improvement at various locations is the placements of benches for users to rest and take in some spectacular views.
he trail opened in 2006 and new phases of the trail have been constructed each year since. The Phase 4 section connecting the existing trail sections to the Dam was completed in the fall of 2010.
The trail heads are located at the Dam West (9th Street) Recreation Area, and just behind the Scout Cabin in Forest Park. Trail users can explore two one-mile loop sections through the wooded area along Lake Shelbyville. A third leg connects Forest Park to the Dam West Recreation Area.
Weather permitting winter sports such as cross country skiing and snowmobiling are allowed. Other trails include the Illini Trail, Okaw Bluff, Coon Creek Trail, the 15 mile equestrian trail at Wolf Creek State Park and the mountain bike trail at Camp Camfield.
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Destination Illinois: Lake Shelbyville, A Lake Among The Prairie
There aren’t too many lakes in Central Illinois, but Lake Shelbyville is a big one. At 11,100 acres in size and 172 miles of shoreline, it is only behind Lake Michigan, Carlyle Lake (60 miles east of St. Louis), and Rend Lake in southern Illinois as the biggest lakes in the state.
Crappie fishing during the spawn - Lake Shelbyville IL
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We've been doing some crappie fishing from the boat and bank, but our bank fishing trips have been the best. The fish have been up shallow and biting well! In this video I give you guys a quick rundown of what we do to catch crappie in the spring. Thanks for watching!
Wolf Creek State Park Beach & Camping, Lake Shelbyville, Illinois
Wolf Creek State Park and the adjoining Eagle Creek State Recreation Area encompass 11,100 acres of water, 250 miles of shoreline and large tracts of carefully maintained indigenous woodlands ideal for camping, horseback riding, snowmobiling, boat fishing, water skiing, pontoon boating, windsurfing or just plain bobbing and drifting on the glittering expanse of the lake itself.
In addition to visiting the small, friendly wooded campgrounds or taking part in the action on the lake, swimming is available from the beach. You can also take a leisurely stroll through nearby forests. An abundance of deer, pheasant, rabbits, wild turkey and songbirds are almost always visible.
Portions of the park have been cleared of physical barriers and are accessible to disabled visitors.
City Spotlight 222 - Shelbyville
On location for this episode of City Spotlight, in Shelbyville.
The focus is on Lake Shelbyville as Phil Manhart, Natural Resource Specialist, Lee Mitchell, Natural Resource Specialist,
and Sarah Randall, Park Ranger, take us around Lake Shelbyville and inform us about what Lake Shelbyville has to offer to people in Central Illinois.
Aeriel View of Shelbyville, IL
360 degree view over Shelbyville, IL using Phantom 3 drone.
Malcolm Miller, 6' 4 SG, Shelbyville HS, 2019,
1st Half Highlights from Senior Season! Malcolm Miller, 6'4, SG, 2019, SHELBYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, ILLINOIS
Video of Bo Wood - Lake Shelbyville, IL from Michael M.
This video shows the campgrounds at Bo Wood recreation area on Lake Shelbyville, Near Sullivan, IL.
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Michael M.'s Review on The Dyrt:
▶︎ Campground with all the comforts
The Forest Bo Wood Recreation area has grown each year since I first camped there in 1979.
In 2017 it has 150 camping sites, a boat ramp, fish cleaning station, several picnic areas and a bait shop at the entrance on Illinois Route 32 4 miles South of Sullivan. The camp sites all have parking space for a big rig and one vehicle. There are some tent only sites but most have been converted to at least 30 amp electric sites with water hookups near the site. Many lake side sites are available, some years back there was a problem with the bank, but that has been dealt with.
Bath rooms and shower houses are very clean and there is good bank fishing near the pavilion at the turn around at the west end of the area. There is a marina just 1 mile South and across the bridge another ½ mile is the Sullivan beach. Just 1 more mile South is a Rosatti's pizza located in a gas station with a liquor store. Rossati's delivers pizza's to the 2 campgrounds that are this close to the business. People that love the comforts of home while camping love this campground, so it fills up in the spring and summer months.
All sites are spacious and include a picnic table, lantern stand, fire pit with grill grate and some have added camp stove stands. I find that October camping at Bo Woods most agreeable with less people tent camping and less boat traffic on the lake. The fishing this time of year is also very good.
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Fall/Winter Crappie Fishing on Lake Shelbyville with Steve Welch
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Illinois fishing guide Don Satterfield talks Lake Shelbyville fish production
Illinois fishing guide Don Satterfield talks about Lake Shelbyville’s fish production
Lake Shelbyville on Labor day 2015
Family boat trip to lake Shelbyville! (????Lit????)
Family boat trip
Prairie State Bassmasters 4-28-2013 Lake Shelbyville IL
First Tourney of the year on a very challenging day
Lake Shelbyville, Illinois
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