Preface 



A request for an investigation of entrance shoaling problems and undesirable 

 wave conditions at the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Station Boat Basin. Port 

 Huron, Michigan, was initiated by the U.S. Army Engineer District, Detroit. 

 Authorization for the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station 

 (WES), Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), to perform the study was 

 subsequently granted by the Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 

 study was performed on a reimbursable basis, and the sponsor was the USCG 

 Civil Engineering Unit, Cleveland. Funds were provided by the Detroit District 

 during September and October 1997. WES is a complex of five laboratories of 

 the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). 



Field and laboratory investigations were conducted during the period October 

 1997 through November 1998 under the direction of Dr. James R. Houston and 

 Mr. Charles C. Calhoun. Jr. (retired). Director and Assistant Director of CHL, 

 respectively. Field investigations and analyses were conducted by 

 Mr. Gregory L. Williams. Coastal Evaluation and Design Branch (CEDB), CHL, 

 under the direct guidance of Mr. Thomas W. Richardson, Chief, Coastal 

 Sediments and Engineering Division, CHL, and Ms. Joan Pope, Chief, CEDB. 

 Mr. Jeff Lillycrop, CEDB, conducted the Scanning Hydrographic Operational 

 Airborne LIDAR Survey of lower Lake Huron. The laboratory experiments were 

 conducted by Messrs. Hugh F. Acuff. Cecil Dorrell, and William Henderson 

 under the supervision of Mr. Robert R. Bottin, Jr., Harbors and Entrances Branch 

 (HEB), CHL, and the direct guidance of Mr. C. E. Chatham, Jr., Chief, 

 Navigation and Harbors Division (NHD), CHL, and Mr. Dennis G. Markle, 

 Chief, HEB. Ms. Rebecca M. Brooks, NHD, conducted the wave hindcast study 

 at the site. This report was prepared by Messrs. Bottin and Williams. 



During the course of the investigations, liaison was maintained by means of 

 conferences, telephone communications, e-mail, and periodic progress reports. 

 The following personnel visited WES to attend conferences and observe model 

 operation during the course of the study. 



James Selegean Detroit District 



Michelle Thrift Detroit District 



Gregory Lodge USCG Civil Engineering Unit, Cleveland 



Tom Bennett Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) 



Tom Kolhoff Michigan DEQ 



