Today was an unprecedented day for many streams along the north shore of Lake Superior. Heavy rains over the previous two nights combined with high amounts of snow which is still in the process of melting created some amazing views and a lot of damage in some areas. For the Pigeon River in Grand Portage State Park, the volume of water reached a new peak (since records have been kept) of 96,000 gallons per second. The USGS has a stream gauge on the river and the data goes back to 1924. The previous record high was May 5, 1934 when the volume reached 82,500 gallons per second. What a crazy day...
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