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Posted to WilmetteBeaconDaily.com 8 days ago
Langdon Beach closes due
to ‘significant erosion’
Eric DeGrechie, Editor
The Langdon Beach
swimming beach has been
closed until further notice
according to the Wilmette
Park District.
The decision to close
Langdon was made Monday
evening, June 17, according
to Stephen Wilson,
executive director of
the Wilmette Park District.
A protective fence was
placed on Tuesday, June
18.
Officials had considered
closing the beach in 2018
due to similar issues.
“The difference this year
is that the lake levels are
even higher and the erosion
has continued causing
Langdon to have very
little sand on the beach,
rocks to be exposed in the
water and the reduction of
the dune path that allowed
for safe passage down the
bluff,” Wilson said.
On Wednesday, a construction
truck moved
rocks along the beach
while officials took down
swimming ropes and
buoys.
Langdon, established
as a swimming beach in
2007, has seen significant
erosion over the last few
years according to Wilson.
In the summer of 2018, the
shoreline had diminished
such that the Park District
considered shutting
it down for the safety of
visitors.
As a temporary solution,
a 10-foot wide dune
path was created to allow
Langdon to remain open
last summer. This path has
now been reduced to 3 feet
by rising water levels, less
than a typical 5-foot wide
A construction truck moves rocks along Langdon
Beach June 19, in Wilmette. Photos by Eric
DeGrechie/22nd Century Media
High and dangerous lake levels caused by erosion are
shown at the beach.
sidewalk.
Due to the erosion
caused by the waters of
Lake Michigan rising so
significantly in the first
half of 2019, the decision
was made to close down
Langdon Beach until conditions
improve or an alternative
solution is developed.
“Depending on weather
patterns, the sand can be
replenished by the lake
rather quickly. We will
however monitor Langdon
throughout the season in
hopes of re-opening,” Wilson
said. “Gillson Beach
remains fully operational,
despite the elevated lake
levels.”
The community will still
have full access to Langdon
Park and the tot lot;
however, there will no longer
be access to the lake.
According to
Earlier this month, Lake
Michigan hit the highest
water levels ever recorded
in the month of June due
to heavier-than-normal
rainfall and snow melt
from the winter months according
to the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers. The
increased precipitation has
also increased water levels
to record numbers at Lake
Erie and Lake Superior.
For more information
regarding Langdon Beach,
contact Wilson at swilson@wilpark.org
or (847)
256-6100.