High water on Lake Superior is eroding shorelines in far northwest Wisconsin. Wayne Jensen of Minneapolis tells the Star Tribune he saw a nearly 100 square foot chunk of his vacation land in Bayfield County disappear into Lake Superior last month at Port Wing — and it carried trees with it. In Duluth, Nancy Shaw says there was one inch of water in her basement near the lakeshore at Park Point — her first significant flooding since the 1960s. Officials say the region has had 30-percent more rain than normal in the past decade — and it caused Lake Superior to rise 31 inches since 2007, to the point where it’s only two inches below its record high water level set in the 1980s. Residents say more water needs to be released at gates on the Saint Marys River, but officials say the flows are regulated by international rules — and one more gate than last year is now open.
High Water Levels Threaten Lake Superior Shorelines In Wisconsin
Oct 11, 2017 | 1:18 PM
State News