5 YEARS AGO February 13, 2020
The owners of some 1,200 properties fronting Lake Leelanau in six of Leelanau County’s 11 townships won’t likely be singled out to help pay for ongoing maintenance of the Leland Dam anytime soon. Nonetheless, a major maintenance project will be required this year to cope with record high water in Lake Michigan that has been flooding a dam control room located along the Leland River just below The Cove, a seasonal restaurant in Leland. *** A moderate winter is not helping to lower the highest Lake Michigan water levels in recorded history. High water is causing problems across the state. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week convened a high water task force to focus on erosion, and the Village of Northport is hoping that a state grant will help fund an estimated $597,849 marina project needed this spring to
keep its harbor house and fuel pumps above water.
