Lake levels

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Lake Michigan levels.jpg 2.5MB: The Oval Beach erosion photos are from the Simmons collection.
Lake Michigan levels.jpg 2.5MB

The Oval Beach erosion photos are from the Simmons collection.

Name/Title

Lake levels

Entry/Object ID

2023.50.105

Scope and Content

Graphic from a keynote presentation by Jack Sheridan about historic fluctuations in Lake Michigan water levels. The graphic was reprinted in the SDHS newsletter insert page 396. The graphic includes data from 1922 to 2004 plus eight photos of erosion/submerged details revealed or flooding between 1936 and 2003

Context

The public decrying high or low water levels is a constant refrain. "By the constant lowering of the water in Lake Michigan most of the boathouses in Saugatuck now stand several feet back from the river." -- Holland City News/The Holland Sentinel, Saturday, Nov. 7, 1891

Collection

SDHS NL Inserts, Weather, extreme

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.50

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

SDHS Newsletter insert pages 396

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Old Harbor/Channel piers pre-1906/Ox-Bow Lagoon

Related Places

Place

City

Singapore, Michigan 1837-1875

General Notes

Note

This information was OCR text scanned from SDHS newsletter supplements. Binders of original paper copies are in the SDHC reference library.

Create Date

January 7, 2024

Update Date

August 17, 2025