Lake Level Update 20 warns of renewed Great Lakes shoreline erosion, 1987

Event

Date: 1987-04
Kind: Occurrence
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: hydrologyenvironmentinfrastructurecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Lake Level Update No. 20 warned that, despite a seasonal decline, Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Erie remained at record-high levels for the time of year and faced renewed shoreline-erosion and flooding risks.

Evidence limits

This is a reprinted forecast/report, not a gauge dataset, engineering assessment, or subsequent damage record.

Sources

Phillip Keillor, “Lake Level Update No. 20,” Beaver Beacon, April 1987.
Reports Great Lakes precipitation and outflow, record-high seasonal levels, shoreline-erosion and flooding risks, a February 5 Michigan–Huron level of 580.4 feet above IGLD, and a projected 581.3-foot late-July peak. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, April 1987, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held sixteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms Lake Level Update No. 20.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Lake Level Update 20 warns of renewed Great Lakes shoreline erosion, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lake-level-update-20-1987/, accessed [date], citing Phillip Keillor, “Lake Level Update No. 20,” Beaver Beacon, April 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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