French Canyon at Starved Rock State Park is closed. A tree fell on the upper trail Sunday. Site Superintendent Alvin Harper says all the trails in and around the canyon are closed while the Illinois Department of Natural Resources figures out what to do.
The tree was in the way of about 20 people on the trail when it fell. None of them were hurt, but some of them didn’t want to cross it until rescuers told them it was okay. Harper says there was another way off of the trail.