Bayfield Laboratory for Marine Science 
and Surveys 
Ocean Science and Surveys 
Department of Fisheries and Oceans 
PO Box 5050 
Burlington, Ontario L/7R 4A6 Canada 
Publication 
Great Lake Erosion Monitoring Programme 
Boyd, G. L., Final Report 
Publication Date: December 1981 
Location: 162 sites on the Canadian shoreline of the Great 
Lakes ranging from the Georgian Bay to Lake 
Ontario 
Period of Coverage: 1973-1980 
Contents: This report documents the results of a joint study conducted by the 
Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario to monitor and assess erosion 
on the Great Lakes shoreline. Data for each lake region include a location 
map of water level gages, erosion stations and reaches, a map illustrating the 
available littoral drift from bluff erosion, monthly mean water levels, top of 
bluff recession rates, bluff volumetric erosion rates, representative erosion 
rates (site, base period, annual recession, annual volume loss, bluff height, 
volume height), a breakdown of type and location of shore protection struc- 
tures presented, and photos and profiles of representative bluff types. 
Data for each of the 162 erosion stations include station identification 
code numbers, geographic coordinates, profile line orientation, net water's 
edge charge (meters per year), net volume change (cubic meters per year), and 
net zone intercept change. Each station represents a profile line surveyed on 
an annual basis. Data for bluff reaches and for vegetation inventory are also 
included in the report. 
Available From: Bayfield Laboratory for Marine Science 
and Surveys 
Ocean Science and Surveys 
Department of Fisheries and Oceans 
PO Box 5050 
Burlington, Ontario L/R 4A6 Canada 
or on loan from 
US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station 
Technical Information Center - Library Branch 
PO Box 631 
Vicksburg, MS 39180-0631 
(601) 634-2542, FTS 542-2542 
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