If this gets any more interesting we may be looking for higher ground. The lake level was high on the May long weekend and it’s been getting higher ever since. When we arrived at the lake last night we were greeted by some changes in our dock situation.
Since May 3, 2022 the lake has gone up 37.8 inches, over 3 feet! On about May 24th it surpassed the most recent high level reached in 2014. Before that you have to go back to 1950 before the lake was ever this high.
This morning it was down to the dock for some remedial action to clean things up and perhaps weigh things down a bit so there is no more damage or hopefully minimal damage. The garbage cans were nice more loaded with water and a few buckets I found floating around the shore line were all pressed into service. All the accumulated debris was cleared up. Big pieces were gathered on shore for future re-use or burning and the smaller gunk was pushed into the water and sent on it’s way further down the lake.
Thankfully our dock is in a sheltered area on the east side of the point. The neighbours across the road have a huge dock under water and exposed to the prevailing west winds which blow across a 5 mile open expanse before hitting their dock. Lots of fun wave action.
They have 12 of those large water filled containers holding their dock down and even then there is some movement with the wave action.