- Dates
- 1986-11-10 – 1987-04
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmenthydrologyshorelinesdisastercommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1986 Beaver Beacon reprinted a lake-level update reporting record Great Lakes conditions and elevated winter risks of flooding, shoreline erosion, and ice.
Evidence limits
This is a reprinted forecast, not a calibrated gauge dataset, engineering assessment, or subsequent damage record.
Sources
- Reports revised Great Lakes forecasts, record October levels for Lakes Michigan and Huron, increased risks of coastal flooding, shoreline erosion, and ice, and projections through April 1987. It is a reprinted forecast, not a calibrated gauge dataset, engineering assessment, or subsequent damage record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-nine-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the lake-level update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Great Lakes lake levels remain exceptionally high entering winter, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lake-level-update-november-10-1986/, accessed [date], citing Phillip Keillor, “Lake Level Update #18,” Beaver Beacon, December 1986, reprinted from Island Exchange. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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