Construction begins Spring of 2012! 12 Million Bucks Later by Summer of 2013 will will have “split pairs” and a new bridge to take your pontoon under between north and South Lindstrom! Sometimes it seems like much has changed since 1880… sometimes not… To keep up with the project use the following links to MNDOT and Lindstrom’s Project Websites: http://www.cityoflindstrom.us/Hwy8/index.html http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/hwy8lindstrom/index.html Click To Read More
Chisago Lakes Water Quality Monitoring Program FROM THE REPORT… The Chisago Lakes Lake Improvement District, the Chisago Soil & Water Conservation District and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency partnered in 2009 and 2010 to collect water quality monitoring data in the Chisago Lakes Chain of Lakes Watershed. Gathering this data is necessary to determine the state of the Lakes in the Chisago Lakes area. Knowing where the lakes stand at this point will be beneficial as we start the Total Daily Maximum Load process to determine the amount of pollutants coming into the system, the amount leaving the system and [...] Click To Read More
If you thought lake levels were low today… check out this photo from 1931! The lake in the top is South Lindstrom, you can see the channel to Chisago (where the boat launch is today is totally DRY! Check out the road from the Lindstrom beach over to Rose Hill Resort… that sits under about 8-10 ft of water now. South Center being the deepest of the area lakes looks prety good at the bottom left BUT North Center looks like Shrek’s Swamp! Special Thanks to Tom Willson for the photo! Click To Read More
Here is a great article found the the pages of the MN DNR by Dave Milles. Considering the low water levels of the past few seasons, the information is quite timely… Pardon Me Myth… Who Owns the Lake Bed? By Dave Milles Nature is fickle! Last year at this time some of you were wondering how to get the lake out of your living room. This year you may be planning a Labor Day barbecue on the thirty feet of dry lakebed in front of your cabin. The question is, when you’re grilling “name-brand Brats” on the lakebed, can you [...] Click To Read More
