Name: Beaver Beacon reports debate over St. Clair River dredging and Great Lakes water levels, 2007
Start: 2007-10
End: 2007-10
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2007-10
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentconservationgeographyinfrastructurecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The September 2007 Beacon first reported that Lake Michigan water levels had dropped about 22 inches and summarized a Canadian study linking faster Lake Michigan–Huron outflow to erosion and channel deepening in the St. Clair River. The October issue expanded the discussion through Jack Kelly’s account of the Georgian Bay Association engineering study and possible responses.

Evidence limits

This record captures a newspaper report and the claims it presented. It does not independently establish the study’s hydrological conclusions or the causal role of dredging.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 2007, "Draining Lake Michigan—More Information on Water Levels."
Presents the Georgian Bay Association’s engineering-study claims about St. Clair River dredging, lower Lake Michigan–Huron levels, environmental effects, and possible responses. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 2007, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the report.
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Beaver Beacon, September 2007, "22\" Down—and Falling."
Introduces the reported Lake Michigan water-level decline, expanded beaches and habitat changes, and a Canadian study's claim about St. Clair River erosion and channel deepening. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 2007, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held September issue scan confirms the initial water-level report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reports debate over St. Clair River dredging and Great Lakes water levels, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lake-michigan-water-levels-dredging-report-2007/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2007, "Draining Lake Michigan—More Information on Water Levels." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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