Videomonitoring Performance of the St. Marys River Ice Islands and Ice Boom

• Main Authors: Tuthill, Andrew M., Gagnon, John J.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE FORMATION; *ICE ISLANDS; VELOCITY; ARMY RESEARCH; MONITORING; COLD REGIONS; RIVERS; SEA ICE; MICHIGAN; SANDBARS; *VIDEOMONITORING; ICE STABILIZATION ISLANDS; ICE CONTROL; ST. MARY'S RIVER(SAULT STE MARIE); St. Marys River; Little Rapids; Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA404845; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA404845

In 1997, six islands were constructed to stabilize the ice cover at the entrance to the Little Rapids Cut on the St. Marys River at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It was hoped that the artificial islands would eliminate the need for an ice retention boom installed annually since 1974 by the Corps of En...