Upper Peoria Lake

Upper Peoria Lake
Location	Peoria / Woodford / Tazewell counties, Illinois, US
Coordinates	40°48′24″N 89°33′4″W / 40.80667°N 89.55111°W / 40.80667; -89.55111Coordinates: 40°48′24″N 89°33′4″W / 40.80667°N 89.55111°W / 40.80667; -89.55111
Primary inflows	Illinois River
Primary outflows	Illinois River
Basin countries	United States

Upper Peoria Lake is a section of the Illinois River primarily between Peoria County and Woodford County, Illinois, United States. The lake runs from South Rome to Peoria Heights, with Spring Bay and the Detweiller Marina area of Peoria near the middle. Just north of Peoria Heights, it empties through a narrow part of the Illinois River into the smaller Peoria Lake, sometimes called Lower Peoria Lake.

Municipalities and communities of Woodford County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Eureka

Cities	El Paso‡ Eureka Minonk

Villages	Bay View Gardens Benson Congerville Deer Creek‡ Germantown Hills Goodfield‡ Kappa Metamora Panola Peoria Heights‡ Roanoke Secor Spring Bay Washburn‡

Townships	Cazenovia Clayton Cruger El Paso Greene Kansas Linn Metamora Minonk Montgomery Olio Palestine Panola Partridge Roanoke Spring Bay Worth

Unincorporated communities	Cruger Lowpoint Oak Ridge Spires Woodford

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