Many thanks to Mike Forest for sending me some pictures from the Forest photo albums to remind us that this isn't the first time we've seen high water on White Lake. See this link for how it looked in the Spring of 1988. If you don't see my comments on the right side, click the little 'i' in the upper right corner. This is about the same water level that we are seeing today.
This problem was discussed extensively at the White Lake Property Owners Association meeting on July 6th. Mike Johnson of the White Lake Management District summarized the progress on trying to restore the natural outflow that used to exist. Some pumping options have been considered as well. If you'd like to learn more about it, plan to attend the August 3rd White Lake Management District Meeting in Montello. They will send a notice to all Lake Property Owners, but I believe it will be at the bank in Montello across from the Holiday convenience store. They typically start at 8:30 or so. I'll update this page when I have the details.
My family calls this part of the lake, 'Buck's Point', because until 1966, there was a resort called Al Buck's Cottages in the Pines that operated here. It's directly across from the main point where the Duck Blind was. Want to read more about this history of White Lake? I wrote a story about it here.
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