Precipitation in the recent two weeks has had a positive impact and the wetter conditions have increased Lake Ontario water levels by approximately 7 cm (2.8 in). Normally, Lake Ontario water levels typically have begun the seasonal decline by this time of year.
Water Levels and Flows
Soo Locks Engineers Day is hosted annually by the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, along with the Sault Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and US Army Corps of Engineers.
The Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium continues to grow since its launch in the fall of 2020.
Osoyoos Lake level reached the summer target elevation of 911.70 feet in late May, then crested to 911.82 feet (277.923 m) on June 15, below the maximum allowable International Joint Commission (IJC) Order of Approval rule curve of 912.0 feet.
Lake Superior and Lake Michigan-Huron water levels are above their respective long-term averages. Therefore, there is a risk of shoreline erosion, lakeshore flooding, and coastal damages.
The drought conditions that have impacted the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River watershed this spring have continued to persist into the summer.
In 2016, as a result of catastrophic flooding along Lake Champlain and the Richelieu River in spring 2011, the governments of Canada and the United States instructed the International Joint Commission (IJC) to “fully explore the causes, impacts, risks and solutions to flooding in the Lake…
Anglers and other users of the St. Marys Rapids are advised that Gate #16, which is the southernmost gate of the Compensating Works structure, located closest to the U.S. shoreline at the head of the rapids, will be temporarily opened beginning on Thursday, June 17th to a setting of 5 cm (2 in).