Lake of Shining Waters

West Spit Braddock Bay Summer 2010

L. Ontario translated from the Huron is "Lake of Shining Waters." Braddock Bay is located on the southshore west of Rochester's embayment. Photo taken at Braddock Bay, NY.

According to those who measure. . . "the Great Lakes contain roughly 22% of the world’s fresh surface water: 5,472 cubic miles or 6.0×10¹⁵ U.S. gallons ~ enough water to cover the 48 contiguous U.S. states to a uniform depth of 9.5 feet. . . . ." wow, I say.

Oh! New Law Prohibits Phosphorus runoff into L. Ontario.

But just when you've had enough round gobys and zebra mussels, there's the threat of Asian Carp [bighead, black, silver and grass], some growing up to 90-100 lb. and voracious eaters [even eat plankton] who may end up dominating all species, not to mention the pervasive impact of zebra mussels. Listen to this from Senator Stabenow [MI] on stopping the asian carp invasion: asking to close the locks which connect the Mississippi to L. Michigan. The Army Corps doesn't want to close the locks and instead is using electrical fields 30 miles away from L. Michigan to try and control the northern migration of the carp in the Chicago shipping lane.

What is the difference between fertile [diploid] and sterile [triploid] grass carp which are in local ponds? -- posted by Barbara