Lake levels in the Great Lakes are really low this year. The bottom of White Rock Shoal on the east side of Huron County has been visible for several weeks. It was time for a walk out on the shoal this week.
White Rock Shoal, a rocky shelf that extends about three quarters of a mile out into Lake Huron is rimmed by bluffs. The shoal is named for a large rock formation on the south of the shoal that was used as a survey point for early mapping of the Michigan area. Usually the shoal is covered with water, enough water that canoes and kayaks can navigate most of the shoal, except for the shoreline areas.
The Army Corps of Engineers reports that the level of Lake Michigan-Huron (these two lakes join at the Straits of Mackinac and are considered one lake for purposes of water level measuring) is 12 inches lower than levels of a year ago. You can see from the water levels on the big rock that my shadow is near that the water levels were much higher at one time.
Copyright 2012
Wanda Hayes Eichler
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