Northern Illinois Paddlers: Demar Marine

Here we are out paddling on the Fox River in Burtons Bridge, IL. We put in at the Turn Key Marina on the south side of rt 176. It is a pay launch and there is security cameras. We dropped in there and headed north, up river. In this video is Demar Marine and their channel off the Fox. The channel heads back to Griswold Lake where there is a small dam that you can portage around.

It may have been due to the time of year that we went, but this section of the Fox river had a lot of algae and trash floating. The current was very stagnant. This section is just after the locks and dam section also, so that may play a factor.