Lake Erie water level
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Lake Erie water level
Hey, I heard something at the marina yesterday that got me worried. Neighbor mentioned that weather gurus predicted a 14" drop in the water level next month. Can anyone confirm or deny this or is it just hearsay? Never heard the actual source....
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-JWF
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-JWF
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possibly the water level usually drops in the fall i dont know about 14" though as if that is the case you wont be able to launch at any of the state launches like dempsey and Mazuricks as they suck now both of those place have needed dredged for at least 3 or 4 years now
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I don't know about 14" but where I am in the east end of the lake we are already more then a foot lower then normal for this time of year. If it drops more we are going to have problems.
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well dont know about september.... but here on the west end of the lake, the water level always drops some in the fall. then there is a good west wind which can drop this end of the lake especially in the fall and spring. My boat usually has 5~6 feet of water under it at my dock, west wind comes and it can be sitting on the bottom with no water.
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lake ontario is already about 1.5-2 ft low. tried to launch in the lower niagara river. no good. word around town is canada wants to lower lake ontario water for the muskrat population. not sure if true but what i heard. i was on the upper niagara river sunday and water was down at least a foot. seems early for that??
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Lot of factors at play. Cousin and Uncle work for the Power Authority that runs the dams up in Northern NY on the St. Lawrence. Long term study going on with trying to find that happy level for Ontario and St. Lawrence that will suffice for the rest of the Great Lakes and Montreal since those bodies of water see the most fluctuation when they need to play with water levels. I did talk to them and think they are going to be playing with level this week up our way. Either way I was out of water at my dock 2 weeks ago. Need to start looking into 40-50 ft extensions to get water for all season.