It doesn’t. Niagara Falls and the Welland Canal are the two main “exits” from Lake Erie. As I understand it, much of the flow going down the Niagara River is diverted for hydraulic power, and presumably there is more flow now going over the falls due to the high lake level. Obviously, it’s not draining fast enough. The Welland is used for commercial freighter traffic and is consequently well-controlled with locks. It would likely be too disruptive to try to use the Welland as a drain. I believe the Erie Canal is largely defunct and was also controlled with locks. Even if you could direct water through what’s left of that system, it would likely be overwhelmed before having much impact on the lake level.
From: Joe Della Barba via CnC-List Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 8:55 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Joe Della Barba Subject: Re: Stus-List Fwd: Great Lakes water levels...for C&Cs Next dumb question - assuming someone decides to lower Lake Ontario a bit, how well does that lower the other lakes, if at all? It seems like too much flow could flood Montreal. Last time I was in Montreal the current headed east was pretty strong anyway, so I assume this really could effect slow boats headed upstream. Joe Coquina On 11/25/2019 7:53 AM, Mike Taylor via CnC-List wrote: Joe The Moses-Saunders Power Dam ar Cornwall/Massena controls Lake Ontario and the out flow down stream. There is a lot of controversy over the IJC Plan 2014. The deciding factor is controlling the spring flooding at Montreal and depths for commercial traffic. I’ve really simplified it, it is infinitely more complex. IJC Plan 2014 https://legacyfiles.ijc.org/tinymce/uploaded/LOSLR/IJC_LOSR_EN_Web.pdf Mike Begin forwarded message: From: "Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List" mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com Date: November 25, 2019 at 6:52:39 AM EST To: mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: "Della Barba, Joe" mailto:joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov Subject: Re: Stus-List Great Lakes water levels...for C&Cs Reply-To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com This is maybe a really dumb question – is there a way to drain them? Does anything control the amount of water that heads out to sea down the St. Lawrence Seaway, Erie Canal, and so on? Joe Coquina _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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