To Six Mile Lake Property Owners,
The water level on Six Mile Lake is critically high, with all shorelines underwater due to over four inches of rain in recent days. Six Mile lake cannot drain properly as all other lakes on the Chain remain critically high as well. There simply is nowhere for the water to go. All of the gates at the Bellaire Dam remain wide open.. As of this writing the dock at Echo Twp Park still is not in. Almost 80 per cent of docks and shore stations are not in yet. Some docks and other items that floated away during the spring flooding still have not been recovered. I wish I had better news but it will take at least four weeks without rain to see a significant decrease in the lake level. For now, the best we can do is try to minimize shoreline damage by staying out in the middle of the lake while traveling under full power allowing wakes to dissipate somewhat before reaching shore or go at no wake speed when closer to shorelines. With two public accesses here and the holiday weekend upon us it is all we can do.
As a reminder, the first Six Mile Lake Association meeting of the year is Saturday June 13th at 10am at the Pleasant Valley Free Methodist Church at the south end of Six Mile Lake Road. It is a breakfast/brunch so bring a dish to pass and your own table service. The Association provides the coffee and juice. Leslie Meyers, Antrim County Operator of Dams, will be our guest speaker at 11am. She will be giving an update on the flooding and next steps at the dam. In short, if the water levels remain this high expect even worse flooding next spring without improvements of the dam system in the Chain. This may be a meeting you don’t want to miss.
Cherie Hogan
Communications/Membership
Six Mile Lake Association