Page 32 - 2011 Lake St. Clair Guide Magazine

He's way out in the boon docks....

When American GIs returned from Asia at the close of World
War II, besides Victory they brought home a new word --
"boondocks".

A swingin' time in Munchies Bay It is derived from bundok the Philippine word for mountain
and describes a place that's remote and inaccessible.

Where do you Huron travels down the 39 miles of the St. Clair River (reten-
swim? There are many great
tion time of only 21 hours) it disperses through a variety of
swimming areas with nice hard sandy bottoms around the
lake. There are definitely swim areas where the water tem- patterns to feed the lake and channels.
peratures can be significantly warmer, depending on the time
of year. Modeling by
According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
98% of the water entering Lake St. Clair is from the upper NOAA (National Oce- The average
Great Lakes which is really cold! Once the water from Lake anic & Atmospheric retention time
Admin.) tells us that
our shallow depth and for water in
the wind direction and Lake St. Clair
strength affect the wa- is 7-9 days.
ter level and circula-
tion. Under most wind

Anchor Walpole conditions, such as the chart
Bay Island here (with our normal SW
wind), the lake circulates in
three regional patterns.
Water on the west side of
Anchor Bay are fed by the
North & Middle Channel,
as well as from the Clinton
River. Waters entering the
lake through the South &
Cut Off Channels remain
in or next to the shipping
channel right to the Detroit
River. Water to the eastern
Canadian side of Lake St.
Clair flow from the chan-
nels of Walpole Island and
theThames River.
Because of the
fast cold water flowing
within the shipping channel
through the middle of the
lake, mixing between the
west and east spiral circula-
tions is infrequent.

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