Ludington, MI: River Flooding

They need to widen and/or deepen the Ludington Channel. Evidently, a flooded Pere Marquette River can deliver more water to Pere Marquette Lake than the channel can drain to Lake Michigan. A few rain storms is not going to raise the level of Lake Michigan.

(Update: the town officials built a park by the lake that got destroyed by a storm. Many community members warned them that they were wasting their taxpayer money.)

Fermin Martinez posted three photos with the comment: "Wow that poor yacht club."
[Ludington Yacht Club]

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A high level for the Pere Marquette Lake must make a strong flow through the channel. I wonder how that impacts the ferry service across Lake Michigan.