CEE 618:  Great Lakes Coastal Processes: Little Sand Bay

Little Sand Bay is located near the Apostle Islands at the northernmost tip of Wisconsin.  For protection of local fishing, tourist, and park ranger boats, a small harbor was built.  Quickly, the harbor became non-navigable as a steady influx of sand reduced water depths.  Continuous dredging of lake sand is expensive and annoying.  So, our class set out to determine the reasons for the high deposition rates.