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How the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast Emerged From a Sharp Political Squall A National Marine Sanctuary established off the shores of Lake Michigan to protect and promote dozens of sites where historic sunken ships sit at the bottom followed a years-long saga that saw sharp local disputes and whiplash in support at the state and federal levels. Bound for Chicago with a hold full of Christmas trees, the Rouse Simmons was lost with all hands in a November gale in 1912. ( Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society) Encompassing nearly one-thousand square miles of Lake Michigan waters and lake bottoms the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary marks another step in a years-long effort to help preserve dozens of underwater archaeological sites. This path to official designation was not a simple matter, however, owing to its provisions and scope, particularly for lakefront landowners. Its road also reflected shifting political dynamics over the past half-deca ....
Article content Changing water levels on the Bay of Quinte are being gauged by the Canadian Hydrographic Service in order to update Great Lakes chart datum, the zero-reference point from which water depths are measured and displayed on marine charts. Hydrographers Jim Weedon and Lisa Ellingwood from the CHS office in Burlington set up an array of electronic equipment at Meyers’ Pier Wednesday that will record water levels until October. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Hydrographers measure Bay of Quinte for new marine chart datum Back to video A radar gauge will take regular soundings each day and the data will be backed up in a data logger as well as fed to an antenna linked to a satellite which will feed the Burlington office central computer. ....
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