Detroit River very high summer 2019. Canal Homes Impacted ETC.

[Zacha341]

I went to Riverside Park [[off W. Grand Blvd) by the Ambassador Bridge and noted the Detroit River is VERY high and fast moving. The edge there is solid there but you can see the difference in water height, like you could step right 'over' into the river compared to usual lower depths.

Granted the Detroit River is actually a strait so slow and meandering is not its character, but the lakes on either side have impacted its level. It is being reported as running much faster than normal. The wind was low the day I went but it appeared quite choppy [[see photo below).

On the Windsor side they are asking boaters to give more shoreline space to prevent high wakes. Freighters have been asked to reduce their speed.

A Seattle news source ran a story on the impact along our canals, east Jefferson area [[see that an other info):

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-...detroit-river/

https://www.wxyz.com/news/detroit-ri...ng-report-says

https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...ds/1705631001/

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