Isle a la Cache

Isle a la Cache, a 101-acre riparian island, is located in the Des Plaines River in Romeoville, Illinois.

The county has built the Isle a la Cache Museum on the island in celebration of the island's heritage in the North American fur trade.

[1][2] Isle a la Cache is managed as an urban park and element of the Des Plaines River wildlife corridor.

Birds sighted here include the belted kingfisher and the hooded merganser.

The island features a network of short trails, officially 0.44 miles in length, that connect the island by bridge with the Centennial Trail/I&M Canal Trail.