THUNDER BAY — Lake Superior has ended a streak of three consecutive months of establishing record levels.
But its height in August was still enough to tie the all-time record, with a monthly mean of 183.86 metres above sea level.
The International Lake Superior Board of Control says the mark was established in 1952.
Lake Superior had already broken the monthly mean records for May, June and July.
Jacob Bruxer, the Canadian representative on the board, says even though levels during the three months were "way above average," the rate of increase slowed down and stabilized as the result of a fairly dry summer around the Lake Superior basin.
"We didn't see that continued increase through the summer like we sometimes do, which is a good thing," Bruxer told Tbnewswatch in an interview Tuesday.
"At least we [just] tied now for the record high, and hopefully we'll start to see it decline fairly soon. That's definitely possible," he said.
Lake Superior typically reaches its annual peak in late summer or early fall.
High water levels around the Great Lakes have been blamed for significant shoreline erosion in many areas.
