The International Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River Board (Board) is seeking input from recreational boaters. The Board temporarily reduced outflows from Lake Ontario October 8 through October 11 to increase water levels on Lake St. Lawrence. This was intended to provide marinas and shoreline dock owners on Lake St. Lawrence with assistance at the end of the season to remove recreational boats more easily.
There are approximately 700 marina and boat club slips, and hundreds of private docks located along the shores of Lake St. Lawrence. Recreational boaters who navigate the St. Lawrence River, Lake St. Lawrence, and adjacent rivers and lakes have experienced high and low water level conditions that have made it challenging to remove boats from the water at the end of a given boating season.
The Board would like to collect information specifically related to the reduced outflows from Lake Ontario October 8 through October 11 to support boat haul out and learn more about where people access the water to remove their boats, when and how boats are removed, and whether recreational boaters took advantage of the opportunity provided by the minor deviation. This information will help the Board in the future when considering minor deviation strategies to improve conditions within the system that would facilitate the removal of boats from the water.
Questions for Boat Haul-out Users can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VFHQSX6. Questions for Marinas and Yacht Club Owners can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V3LYBWB. Surveys will be available through December 17, 2021.
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