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Beaver Island Beacon reports Great Lakes levels at the end of February, 1989

Also February 1989 Great Lakes water levels

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Date1989-02
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Summary

The March issue reports Lake Michigan–Huron at 577.91 feet at the end of January 1989 and 577.68 feet at the end of February.

Evidence limits

This is a reprinted water-level report, not an independent gauge series or hydrologic analysis.

Sources

  1. Reports Lake Michigan-Huron at 577.91 feet at the end of January and 577.68 feet at the end of February, with comparisons and Army Corps information. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Paired held sixteen-page issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Beacon reports Great Lakes levels at the end of February, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lake-levels-february-1989-report/, accessed [date], citing “Lake Levels,” Beaver Beacon, March 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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