Currents and related problems at Metropolitan Beach, Lake St. Clair / John C. Ayers.

Bay and in the main lake basin could not be told from the model,
The model did, however, consistently indicate that waters along
the lake's western shore now contain a higher proportion of St.
Clair River water than was the case prior to opening of the Cutoff Channel. Whether or not the possible improvement in water
quality that this would imply can be detected over the local
additions of poor-quality water along the west shore is not
known.
Modelled Beach Currents
Flotsam Deflection: The action of alongshore currents at
Metropolitan Beach was studied in a larger-scale model of the
immediate area. The purpose of these studies was two-fold:
1) to ascertain whether weeds and other flotsam could be deflected
past the Beach bathing area under southwest winds, and 2) to study
the action of alongshore currents on the littoral transport of
sand.
Figure 20 shows a system of two deflectors that was capable
of forcing flotsam to by-pass the Beach bathing area under southwest wind. The pair of deflectors included a long one that protected the bathing area and a short one on the east side of the
tip of Huron Point. The latter deflector was necessary to prevent flotsam from working around the end of the long deflector.
The main deflector was 6000 scaled feet long. It ran from
the beach at a point just west of the West Umbrella Stand
generally southeastward to a point 1250 scaled feet beyond the
tip of Huron Point on the centerline of the point. The small deflector was 1000 scaled feet long. It began at a point 250 scaled

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