- Dates
- 2001-01 – 2001-02
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
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- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 2001 Beacon presented a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers outlook that above-average snow and an early freeze could interrupt the continuing decline in Lake Michigan levels. It also described early and thickening nearshore ice and the uncertain contribution of evaporated lake water to snowfall.
Evidence limits
This is a contemporaneous outlook, not a measurement series or a later assessment of whether lake levels recovered.
Sources
- The report says above-average snow and early freeze-over could halt the decline in Lake Michigan levels, while noting that early snow had largely come from evaporation and that continued cold would increase nearshore ice. 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 · 2001-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the published water-level outlook.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “January 2001 outlook sees snow and freeze-over as possible relief for low Lake Michigan levels”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lake-michigan-level-outlook-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2001, “The Level of the Lake.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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