Shoreline Management Plan Update
In 1996, the SCRCA completed the Lake Huron Shoreline Management Plan
for Point Edward, Sarnia and Plympton Wyoming. The Plan was completed
following the high lake levels in 1986 and the province’s desire to
develop a long term strategy for shoreline management. Authority staff
has been utilizing the hazard limits for flooding and erosion derived from
this Plan since 1996.
In 2005, a portion of Lambton Shores
(southwest Bosanquet) was added to the area under jurisdiction of the St.
Clair Region Conservation Authority. The Lambton Shores’ shoreline
consists of bluffs, coastal provincially significant wetlands and dynamic
beach (Ipperwash Beach) and as such is regulated by the Authority under
its “Development, Interference with Wetlands & Alterations to Shorelines & Watercourses”
Regulation. An update to the Authority’s Shoreline Management Plan is
needed so that this stretch of shoreline can properly implement planning
and regulation policies similar to what has been done for the remainder of
the Lake Huron shoreline. Part of the plan update will also include
housekeeping changes to the existing plan to ensure consistency between
provincial and local documents.
The work is being undertaken by
Baird & Associates Coastal Engineers Ltd. The purpose of the Plan is to
examine shoreline hazards and protection and to provide recommendations
for sustainable development.
For
more information contact:
Patty Hayman, Director of
Planning and Research
(519)245-3710,
phayman@scrca.on.caTop of Page
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Related Documents
1996 Shoreline Management Plan (11meg PDF)
Blue Point Recession Study 2004 (1.2meg PDF)
Blue Point Shore Protection Cost Benefit Analysis (3.5meg PDF)
Great Lakes System Flood Levels and Water Related Hazards 1989 (3.2meg
PDF)
Lake Huron Shoreline Erosion Hazard Delineation Study 1991 (10.7meg PDF)
Lake Huron Shoreline Processes Study 1989 (4.6meg PDF)
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