Word is spreading across the Heart of the Lakes of the temporary emergency slow, no wake ordinance adopted by Wright County this week, affecting many of our area lakes. Please be mindful of this ordinance, what the policy is on each lake, as you continue to enjoy area waters!
As published in the Herald-Journal (7/26/11)
WRIGHT COUNTY, MN – In response to concerns over high water levels, Wright County Board adopted a temporary emergency slow no wake ordinance During Tuesday’s meeting. The ordinance applies to all of 12 lakes, including Albion Lake, Lake Augusta, Bass Lake, the Clearwater Chain of Lakes (including Lake Louisa, Lake Marie, Lake Caroline, and Mill Pond), Clearwater Lake, East and West Lake Sylvia, Henshaw Lake, Locke Lake, Nixon Lake, Pleasant Lake, Swartout Lake, and Sugar Lake. The ordinance also applies to areas within 300 feet of shore on Cedar Lake. The ordinance will remain in effect until Saturday, Oct. 1. The restriction will be removed on specific lakes when high water levels have subsided and have remained below an elevation of six inches above the “ordinary high water mark one” for three consecutive days, as determined by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources lake level Minnesota monitoring program gauge.
