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The Leamington Yacht Club which calls Leamington Municipal Marina, in Leamington Ontario home port was formed some twenty five years ago and has seen its members sail from Florida to Lake Superior’s North Channel, plus it seems all waters between. At present LYC boasts some thirty-five “boating” members from both Michigan and Ontario, piloting over thirteen hundred feet of vessels ranging from wooden Fairliners to aluminum Marinettes, with most brands of fiberglass hulls equally represented. We command single and multiple screw ships powered by gasoline, diesel and yes, even a member with a hybrid electric propulsion system. With the help of our Fleet Commander, we organize weekend cruises from Lake Erie to Lake Huron, as well as a couple of voyages of one or two week duration throughout the summer boating season to ports both known and unknown, but always remembered. If this sounds like fun, why don’t you come and join us? |
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Communications from SouthPoint regarding Completion of Environmental Screening Review (ESR) SouthPoint Wind Power is planning the installation of three (3) separate Windfarm projects in the waters of Pigeon Bay on the north shore of western Lake Erie. The first stage of construction will be for 9.99 Megawatts at each wind farm site located off Kingsville, Union and Leamington with the provision for additional turbines during future expansion. The electrical connection from the wind farms will be via 27,600 volt (AC) submarine cable from the towers to separate on shore electrical collector stations, ultimately supplying power to the Ontario electrical grid. At present, easements are being secured to land the submarine cables on shore. The turbines will be mounted on a "mono-pile" foundation anchored through the lake bottom into bedrock. It is not known at this time whether a rock cribing will be at the base of each tower. The first stage is for a total output of the three farms is forecasted to be approximately 30 Megawatts of electrical power with development planned for completion on or before December, 2011. A grassroots group, Citizens Against Lake Erie Wind Turbines (CALEWT) supports the development of alternative, renewable and green energy sources, including wind turbines placed in the proper locations but is strongly opposed to the proposed location of the Southpoint Wind project. Representatives from CALEWT recently spoke to the membership of the Leamington Yacht Club after which LYC passed a motion favoring CALETW's position and drafted a Letter of Concern relating to the wind project, which is now part of their support documentation. Click on each highlighted text for a link to each document. |
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Lake Erie is the eleventh largest lake in the world (by surface area), and the fourth largest of the Great Lakes in surface area and the smallest by volume.
Ninety-five percent of Lake Erie's total inflow of water comes via the Detroit River water from all the "upper lakes" -- Superior, Michigan and Huron -- the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and numerous tributaries. The rest comes from precipitation. Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and is especially vulnerable to fluctuating water levels.
Wind setups (wind pushing the water from one end of the lake toward the other), usually from west to east, have produced large short- term differences in water levels at the eastern and western ends of the lake, the record being more than 16 ft (4.88 m).
The water provided by Lake Erie for waterborne commerce, navigation, manufacturing, and power production has led to intensive industrial development along its shore, but the basin's moderate temperatures have also encouraged recreation and agriculture.
Lake Erie is the warmest and most biologically productive of the Great Lakes, and the Lake Erie walleye fishery is widely considered the best in the world.
Point Pelee National Park in Lake Erie is the southernmost point on Canada's mainland. |
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