| Wonder Lake is
a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.
The population was 1,345 at the 2000 census.
The name Wonder Lake now refers
to both the lake itself and a village incorporated in
1974 from one of the west side unincorporated blocks
of homes, Sunrise Ridge, called ‘subdivisions’
that fully surround the lake. Initially named the Village
of Sunrise Ridge, the name was changed to The Village
of Wonder Lake a few years later.
The population of the combined
village and all surrounding subdivisions, called the
Wonder Lake (CDP), has published population estimates
currently over 10,000. In an effort to reverse the filling
of the lake with sediment, the village annexed the lake
bottom (not without a court challenge) in the early
2000's so as to gain control of the lake bottom and
allow proceeding with cleanup. As can be expected, this
raised considerable concern and debate due to the large
cost of such an undertaking. The planning and debate
continue to the present (mid 2007). |
