Shoreline Erosion and Restabilization in the Southern Indian Lake Reservoir

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Newbury, R. W., McCullough, G. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1984
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Indian; Southern Indian Lake; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f84-069; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f84-069

Prior to a 3-m impoundment in 1976, bedrock comprised 76% of the shoreline of Southern Indian Lake in northern Manitoba. This was reduced to only 14% of the shoreline as the water level rose above the wave-washed zone and flooded into the predominantly fine-grained, frozen overburden materials. Twen...