The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is advising boaters to keep their speeds and wakes down within 1,000 feet of shore…particularly on Irondequoit Bay. Water levels are unusually high right now…with the International Joint Commission reporting that water levels on Lake Ontario have risen by 10 inches just since the start of April thanks to the […]
The International Joint Commission, the U.S. and Canadian body that regulates the Great Lakes, says a stunning amount of water has flowed into them over just the first 12 days of April. The IJC says today that Lake Ontario has risen nearly 10 inches since April first, which is about 1.6 trillion gallons of water. […]
About 2,000 people braved the icy surf of Lake Ontario at Ontario Beach Park in the Rochester Polar Plunge on Sunday afternoon. The 17th Polar Plunge raised nearly $222,000 for the Special Olympics. Several thousand more people watched from shore.