Shoreline Erosion
This area was once part of a beach community that was lost to shoreline erosion. By the 1970s many of the homes that were here were falling into the lake.
The erosion still continues as the currents here keep the sand heading south. If you take a look at the current Google maps, you can see that the dashed lines indicating one of the historic footpaths is actually now partly out in the lake.
Sand is periodically dredged from down south by Waukegan harbor and then brought back up north to replenish the shoreline here.
Shoreline Erosion
This area was once part of a beach community that was lost to shoreline erosion. By the 1970s many of the homes that were here were falling into the lake.
The erosion still continues as the currents here keep the sand heading south. If you take a look at the current Google maps, you can see that the dashed lines indicating one of the historic footpaths is actually now partly out in the lake.
Sand is periodically dredged from down south by Waukegan harbor and then brought back up north to replenish the shoreline here.