[Paddlewise] Lake Superior

> > My primary stomping
> >  grounds is Lake Superior which has about four cups worth of sand in
> >  the entire lake.
>
> Now Patrick, that is a bit of an exaggeration. :) Lake Superior has
hundreds
> of miles of some of the best sand beaches in the world, and will probably
> have hundreds more as it continues to dry up. (The lake has lost about 9
> cubic miles of water in the last year to evaporation and lack of snowfall
and
> is headed for record low levels this summer.) Of course, that still leaves
> about 2000 miles of rugged rock shoreline for scratching your boats up.
> - -Andy Knapp
> Minneapolis

Actually the lake level hasn't changed much at all.  As of May 15th, Lake
Superior was at 601 feet which is only 0.8 feet below the 1918-1998 average.
It's high point was 602.8 feet back in 1986 and it's low was 599.6 back in
1926.  By international agreement, the lake level is held fairly constant.
Look at the following URL, and the associated links, for more info:

http://huron.lre.usace.army.mil/levels/lev85se.html

Jim Bielecki









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