Copyrights : International St. Lawrence River Board of Control

The International St. Lawrence River Board of Control has announced that the Lake Ontario outflow will be temporarily reduced this weekend, September 25 and 26 in order to raise the levels on Lake St. Lawrence this weekend and assist boaters and others affected by the fall in river levels upstream of Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York. The Board is taking this action to provide those people who were caught unaware by last weekend’s fall of more than 30 cm (12 inches) in the level of Lake St. Lawrence an opportunity to get their stranded boats back in the water and out to deeper water or out for the season.

The flow reduction this weekend is expected to raise the level on Lake St. Lawrence by about 20 to 25 cm (8 to 10 inches) on Saturday and Sunday. The level is expected to decline again Sunday evening and continue declining for the next several months, as it usually does in the fall.

Lake St. Lawrence is the portion of the St. Lawrence River that extends from the power dam at Cornwall - Massena upstream to near Iroquois, Ontario and Waddington, New York.

Contacts:

Reg Golding, Ottawa, Ontario (613) 998-1408

John Kangas, Chicago, Illinois (312) 353-4333