Report of the St. Marys River - Little Rapids Cut Ice Boom and Its Effects on Levels and Flows in the Soo Harbor Area

• Other Authors: CORPS OF ENGINEERS DETROIT MI DETROIT DISTRICT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE; *RIVERS; *BOOMS(EQUIPMENT); SHIPS; WATER FLOW; MONITORING; WATER; OBSERVATION; ICE FORMATION; RELIABILITY; WINTER; NAVIGATION; LEVEL(QUANTITY); COVERINGS; ACCUMULATION; WATER TRAFFIC; HARBORS; ISLANDS; CUTTING; FLOATING BODIES; MICHIGAN; ONTARIO; INLAND WATERWAYS; TRANSPORTATION; SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY; STABILIZATION; THICKNESS; *ICE BOOMS; SAINT MARYS RIVER(MICHIGAN); RIVER ICE; St. Marys River; Little Rapids; Sugar Island; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA213745; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA213745

The St. Marys River is a key link in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway transportation system. Prior to the winter of 1975-76, experience had shown that winter ship traffic produced some restriction of normal travel and commerce between Sugar Island and the mainland. These restrictions were caused...