HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2012-07-04, Page 14Taking a
Lake Huron Centre
for Coastal
Conservation
Peach
t, Fluctuating water levels are a
natural process that occurs with
regularity along the Great Lakes.
Shoreline erosion is also a natural
process and, while it beleaguers
some cottngers, it's what creates
and sustains our beaches.
Looking at the shoreline from
Amberley to Grand Bend, we see
that some areas are more prone
to erosion than others, Historical
information for this area shows
that there are certain areas of the
shoreline that are continually
eroding, other areas that erode
more slowly, and still other areas
that have wide sandy beaches
and have been stable for many
decades,
Erosion has been occurring
along the Great Lakes since they
were forted over 10,000 years ago.
Without erosion, our beaches
would disappear. It all comes clown
to coastal processes. When storm
waves crash along the shoreline,
that energy can cause erosion at
the bottom of bluffs. As the base of
the bluff is eroded by waves, it
causes the slope to become unsta-
ble, and in certain situations, nuts -
sive slope failures, known as
slumps, can occur.
In a slope failure, large portions
ook at erosion
Wednesday, July 13.2011 • Lakeshnre Advance 5
Submitted Ahola
Shoreline erosion, while not a welcome thing to cottage owners, Is
necessary and is what creates and sustains the province's beaches.
of the bluff slide from top to bot-
tom ending up on the beach or in
the lake. The waves then sort this
material out: clay and silt, because
they're small light particles of soil,
get suspended in the water causing
the water to turn brown. These
light soil particles eventually get
deposited offshore. The sand,
which is made up of larger, heavier
particles drop out of the water col-
umn and stay along the shoreline
forming our beaches.
Sand is moved along the
shoreline by alongshore
currents. This sand then ends up
in certain areas of the shoreline
where physical characteristics
cause it to he deposited,
llaving a cottage in an erod-
ing area can be a nerve-wrack-
ing experience. "Will the cottage
make it another year?" When
cottage development began
along Lake 1luron, information
Wasn't readily available to help
people locate their building
safely. As a result, a number of
cottages along the Lakeshore
where built in high-risk tones.
Fortunately, information does exist
now to allow people to locate their cot-
tages a safe distance back from the
shoreline.
Quitters eye comforting donations
COLS Report
Annette Hltchena
The Caring Quilters of Lambton
Shores meeting commenced with
the reading of the June 15 and June
22 minutes, which were accepted
as read.
Cathy Jones will be bringing the
Victim Services' organization 12
adult quilts and two baby quilts.
Annette Hitchins has organized all
magazines, books, patterns that the
Maup has stored in the back room.
ny of the magazines will be
gashed (since they date back to the
early 1970s). Before the group does
this, magazines will be available in
the back room so that members may
take any that they find useful. Any of
the hard cover and soft-cover books
are for the use of our members, for
now, but as the group approaches its
May 2012 anniversary celebration,
volunteers will sort then) and offer
them to the public for a donation.
The group will let the public know
that this donation will be used to
purchase more fabric for our com-
fort quilts.
Miep Verkley sent the group a
website address to review. This
article is from 'Ihe Londoner and it
tells of two wotnen who are work-
ing on two protect to celebrate the
War of 1812's bicentennial, They
have two projects on the go - two
30 -block quilts telling the story
from a women's perspective of
how the war impacted First
Nations and settler families, and
the construction of a Longwoods
Barn Quilt Trail. Check out the
website, http://www,thelondoner.
ca/Articlei)isplay.aspx?e=3195838
Cathy Jones sent the group an
invitation by e-mail from the
Ipperwash and Area Community
Policing Committee, which is
sponsoring a community informa-
tion evening on Wednesday, July
13, at 7 p.m. at the Port Franks
Community Centre. "there will be a
presentation by the O.P.P. Marine
Unit on boating regulations and
'the shoreline is dynamic, and change is
the rule. Often, the hest approach when
faced wits) extensive bluff erosion is to
move back and let it happen.
safety and the O.P.P. (:rime Stop-
pers on crime prevention through
environmental design and pre-
scription drug abuse. Refresh-
ments provided,
Annette Hitchins received two
e-mails from members, including
the following: (Fran) Eva Rutledge):
1 wish to thank you for keeping me
on the trailing list, and would like
to keep receiving the minutes. As
you know, I lost my husband on
April 1, Since his death, 1 have
been very busy, sorting and pack-
ing and deciding what I want to
take with roe, as 1 will be moving to
London, so I am closer to family. l
did enjoy working with all of you
on the quilts and I will try to come
for a visit before I move. I wish you
all the very best, you do a very
important work in our community,
keep it up. 2) (Front Dianne Ander-
son): Bello from the north country.
'Ihe weather here is simply beauti-
ful except for those pesky black
flies, mosquitoes and deer flies.
High of 29C here today, the lake is
calm, mother ducks with their new
babies swimming by. Keep me on
your list for the Caring Quitters, l
enjoy hearing what has been going
on. 111 try and make it to as many
meetings as I can when I'm in the
area, I enjoy seeing the girls when I
can. 'fake care ladies, keep up the
good work. Wish we had a group
here like you. 'Dusk soon.
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