Eric Paul Roorda The Latest from Alcona County, “First of the 83,” is that there’s less of it now than there was just a few years back! Lake Huron is to blame. In 2013, the bones of the Northern Light surfaced from the shallow waters of Harrisville Harbor of Refuge for the first time since 1881, when the ship sank there. That summer, the level of Lake Huron reached its lowest recorded level. In 2020, the breakwater that creates Harrisville Harbor proved unable to keep the waves out during big storms, anymore — the water was too high. Last summer, the lake level reached its historic high.