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Rehabilitate the Little Sand Bay Marina Waterfront
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This project provides for the rehabilitation of the marina waterfront system at Little Sand Bay. This project will include measures to reinforce the seawall and wooden cribbing, reduce exterior wave overtopping and interior wave height, and decrease sediment transport into the marina. An engineering assessment and analysis of the marina was performed in 2018 that included topside and underwater inspection, topographic and bathymetric surveys, and spectral wave analysis. A preferred alternative design was completed in April 2023 (see attachments). The project will largely remain within its current footprint except for an extension of the current harbor entry to the northeast to better reduce wave action and sediment transport inside the marina.
The seawall of the Little Sand Bay Marina is a critical asset that serves to protect the marina from the battering waves of Lake Superior. The marina is a key access point for park operations, including search and rescue, as well as for the sailboats and powerboats of visitors to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. An important stakeholder, the Town of Russell, owns and operates a boat launch within the marina; this launch is protected by the seawall. In addition, the marina houses a fueling station for park boats that serves a vital function of managing boating operations in the northern coast of the park. It is anticipated that completing the stabilization and rehabilitation of the seawall will help reduce the need for annual dredging.
The LSB marina is a non-historic structure with no significant cultural resources currently identified within the project area. The principal impacts will be the addition of sheet pile to the outer face of the breakwaters and addition of a revetment at the mouth of the marina entry to help deflect northeast waves and reduce sediment transport into the marina entry.
(715) 779-5998 x1401
The seawall of the Little Sand Bay Marina is a critical asset that serves to protect the marina from the battering waves of Lake Superior. The marina is a key access point for park operations, including search and rescue, as well as for the sailboats and powerboats of visitors to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. An important stakeholder, the Town of Russell, owns and operates a boat launch within the marina; this launch is protected by the seawall. In addition, the marina houses a fueling station for park boats that serves a vital function of managing boating operations in the northern coast of the park. It is anticipated that completing the stabilization and rehabilitation of the seawall will help reduce the need for annual dredging.
The LSB marina is a non-historic structure with no significant cultural resources currently identified within the project area. The principal impacts will be the addition of sheet pile to the outer face of the breakwaters and addition of a revetment at the mouth of the marina entry to help deflect northeast waves and reduce sediment transport into the marina entry.
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Garyk Hoenig(715) 779-5998 x1401