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IDNR Monthly Site Attendance for Months 01/2016 thru 12/2016 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Region 0 North Point Marina 37,072 38,332 34,472 51,728 96,041 93,016 109,032 94,381 69,636 56,784 36,904 34,489 751,887 Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Page 1 of 15 IDNR Monthly Site Attendance for Months 01/2016 thru 12/2016 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Region 1 Anderson Lake 1,245 2,150 2,138 1,550 2,210 2,950 15,325 16,990 14,831 14,210 7,820 2,894 84,313 Apple River Canyon 2,000 1,500 4,500 21,000 34,500 36,500 34,500 33,000 34,000 3,000 2,500 1,500 208,500 Argyle Lake 1,287 2,450 10,762 37,195 52,837 52,995 49,394 62,296 86,826 21,294 7,345 5,893 390,574 Banner Marsh 3,480 2,540 2,275 5,732 12,925 11,825 7,850 11,680 12,320 2,995 3,502 3,514 80,638 Big River 8,664 13,561 14,301 14,389 15,187 14,603 15,722 30,283 30,609 21,683 12,277 12,471 203,750 Castle Rock 2,010 1,755 3,369 7,330 15,670 12,035 16,576 16,380 17,445 17,591 7,005 3,516 120,682 Delabar 9,149 5,874 6,517 7,557 9,043 10,017 14,943 30,187 24,303 19,759 18,783 12,201 168,333 Donnelley 1,845 1,745 2,688 3,175 19,884 27,114 170,656 8,445 10,432 8,952 3,198 2,095 260,229 Franklin Creek 2,978 2,912 3,869 5,012 9,646 9,923 9,894 9,771 7,213 4,428 2,924 2,090 70,660 Green River 1,128 937 1,283 1,189 1,326 13,205 1,988 1,258 1,562 3,712 4,075 2,129 33,792 Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Page 2 of 15 IDNR Monthly Site Attendance for Months 01/2016 thru 12/2016 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Henderson County 369 358 589 695 921 687 759 711 949 702 358 537 7,635 Hennepin Canal 56,274 5,803 93,060 103,950 124,422 129,422 146,604 148,935 119,921 116,360 112,554 115,921 1,273,226 Illini 14,103 13,596 21,969 29,685 45,616 52,198 55,774 43,260 43,267 32,121 15,912 22,712 390,213 Johnson-Sauk Trail 9,607 7,782 11,329 16,429 25,188 25,132 32,057 21,009 27,048 23,485 16,044 8,085 223,195 Jubilee College 6,920 5,501 11,600 28,500 40,145 38,202 42,178 20,813 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42,987 41,202 19,866 8,736 359,118 Morrison-Rockwood 2,789 6,826 6,987 24,156 64,523 66,203 63,125 53,264 46,897 26,879 14,987 5,498 382,134 Powerton Lake 2,198 1,731 7,417 12,617 9,687 9,851 3,713 1,586 3,216 2,183 1,680 3,847 59,726 Prophetstown 1,986 2,468 2,412 2,498 15,123 23,106 28,873 28,015 27,126 18,874 8,213 2,340 161,034 Rice Lake 1,005 1,120 1,325 5,492 15,123 16,592 16,295 15,120 3,510 8,200 5,681 3,810 93,273 Rock Cut 31,414 28,377 43,480 92,205 132,245 177,587 161,161 149,847 114,856 95,532 39,894 28,941 1,095,539 Rock Island 1,804 1,478 4,822 10,328 16,204 19,656 20,768 15,984 15,768 6,586 3,986 2,892 120,276 Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Page 4 of 15 IDNR Monthly Site Attendance for Months 01/2016 thru 12/2016 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Shabbona Lake 12,165 12,029 18,479 37,071 57,908 65,669 77,295 77,246 54,606 48,505 18,706 8,153 487,832 Snakeden Hollow 2,101 1,702 5,397 9,848 13,831 17,414 12,131 11,587 10,053 6,093 2,698 1,592 94,447 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