some protection from waves from the northeast. The fetch to the east is 
unlimited. Cape Ann, 17 miles to the southeast, limits the fetch in 
that direction. Storm: waves which cause the greatest movement of beach 
material are those from the northeast . The predominant direction of 
littoral drift is southward. 
The Division Engineer and the Beach Erosion Board concluded that the 
most suitable plan for protecting, restoring, and improving Hampton Beach 
north of Haverhill Street consists of direct placement of sand fill along 
the+shore to widen the beach to a general width of 150 feet, with an added 
25-foot widening along 1,250 feet of the northern end of the fill area. 
They also found that protection and improvement of Hampton Beach are 
justified by evaluated benefits and recommended adoption of a project by 
the United States authorizing Federal participation, subject to certain 
conditions, by the contribution of Federal funds in an amount equal to 
one-third of the first cost of the plan. The estimated total cost and 
Federal share are respectively $420,000. and $140,000. 
The Chief of Engineers concurred in the views and recommendations 
of the Beach Erosion Board. 
SEEKIRK SHORES STATE PARK, NEW YORK 
Selkirk Shores State Park comprises about 1] mile of shore at the 
southeastern corner of Lake Ontario. It is located in the Town of Rich- 
land, in Oswego County about 15 miles northeast of Oswego Harbor. It is 
conveniently located with respect to the population centers of Oswego 
Syracuse, Rome and Utica, which have a combined population of over 385,000 
The park has been developed with cottages, camping facilities, bathing 
beach, picnicking and parking areas. 
The shore in the vicinity of the park comprises bluffs of glacial 
till alternating with barrier beaches across the drainage courses. The 
exposed drumlins south of the study area furnish gravel and cobbles to 
the shore. The barrier bar fronting Grinstone Creek is composed of this 
material. North of this bar the bluff rises gradually to a maximum 
height of hl feet, thence decreases to the bar fronting the Salmon River. 
This bar has a gravel and cobble beach backed by sand dunes which have a 
maximum height of 60 feet. The streams flow through marshes and furnish 
no material to the shore. 
Lake Ontario is about 190 miles long and 50 miles wide. The mean 
lake level for the months of March to December is about 2 feet above the 
established low water datum. The highest lake stage and the highest 
monthly mean recorded at Oswego, New York, are respectively about 6.2 
and 5.3 feet above low water datum. Storms cause changes in lake levels 
as winds move the water toward the ends of the lake. The design lake 
stage is 6 feet above low water datum. Of winds which generate waves 
affecting the area, those from the west have the greatest fetch, about 
176 miles. During severe storms with a frequency of about once a year, 
waves may range up to 12 feet in height in deep water, but ordinarily 
waves of this height would break before reaching shore structures. 
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