North Island Park

Lions walk makes for a Christmas tradition

Published by admin on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 3:25pm

If you need to get into the spirit of the holidays, take a walk through Wilmington’s North Island Park.
That’s where the Wilmington Lions Club have strung thousands of lights and set up hundreds of Christmas characters along a path that loops through the park. The lights are turned on nightly (weather permitting) at 6 p.m. through Dec. 31.
It was a festive atmosphere Sunday with youngsters marveling at displays including Disney characters, whimsical animals, elves, ginger bread houses, Santa’s workshop, mechanical Santa and much more.

Wilmington, Forest Preserve work toward kayak launch on North Island

Published by admin on Tue, 05/02/2023 - 4:53pm

A plan to revitalize part of the North Island Park and provide recreational opportunities by adding a kayak/canoe launch is officially underway.

On April 25, the members of the City Council approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Forest Preserve District of Will County.

The agreement is the first step to secure funds to improve the North Island by adding a kayak/canoe launch and upgrade the parking lot near the small dam where the Mill Race flows back into the Kankakee River.

North Island has a date with the undead

Published by admin on Tue, 10/10/2017 - 7:05pm

    There’s nothing malevolent about the North Island Park for 363 days of the year — until the one weekend each year that the Wilmington Lions Club turns it into a horrifyingly haunted forest brimming with the undead and decaying.
    The Lions Club’s two-night spookhike, a Walk in the Woods, will take place on Friday, Oct. 20, and Saturday, Oct. 21, beginning at 7 p.m. The terrors continue until the bewitching hour — with the last ticket being sold about 10 p.m. The spooktacular is held in the North Island Park in Wilmington.