, of each group, but have aggravated erosion east of each group. Local 

 interests desire a plan for protection and stabilization of the 

 shore. 



The Division and District Engineers and the Beach Erosion Board 

 concluded that the most suitable minimum plan of protection comprised 

 placement of approximately 1,000,000 cubic yards of suitable material 

 in two stockpiles to fill both groups of existing groins and adjacent 

 eroding areas east thereof, and construction of a single jetty at the 

 eastern end of the island near Barataria Pass . The maintenance program 

 for providing continued stability to the shore consisted of periodic 

 subsequent replenishment of these stockpiles or placement of equivalent 

 fill at locations as required by shifting of the critical areas of 

 erosion, the estimated average annual requirement being 100,000 cubic 

 yards. They further concluded that the shore being privately owned, 

 the project is ineligible for Federal aid under existing policy and 

 recommended that no project be adopted by the United States for 

 stabilization and protection of the Gulf shore of Grand Isle at this 

 time. They further recommended that protective measures that may be 

 undertaken by local interests, based on their determination of economic 

 justification, be accomplished in accordance with plans and methods 

 proposed in the report. 



The Chief of Engineers concurred in the views and recommendations 

 of the Beach Erosion Board. 



FAIR HAVEN BEACH STATE PARK, NEW YORK 



Fair Haven Beach State Park comprises about 1% miles of shore on 

 the southern shore near the east end of Lake Ontario. It is located 

 in the Town of Sterling, in Cayuga County, about 15 miles southwest of 

 Oswego Harbor. It is conveniently located with respect to the popula- 

 tion centers of Oswego, Syracuse, Auburn, and Geneva, which have a com- 

 bined population of about 300,000. The park has been developed with 

 cottages, camping facilities, bathing beach, picnicking and parking 

 areas. Fair Haven Beach State Park lies immediately east of the 

 jettied entrance at Little Sodus Bay. The jetties and a breakwater 

 connecting the east jetty to the park shore were built by the United 

 States under a navigation project. The shore of the park comprises 

 bluffs of glacial till alternating with barrier beaches across the 

 drainage courses. The westerly beach is a barrier bar fronting Sterling 

 Pond. The outlet to the pond has been protected by the State by low 

 training walls. 



Lake Ontario is about 190 miles long and 5>0 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 



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