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Photo: IGLD Datum 1985: Brochure on the International Great Lakes Datum 1985.


Click on the question of your choice to learn more about the IGLD 85.

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For more facts and figures about thelevels of the Great Lakes, go to the Great Lakes Information Network .

For addresses of organizations to which to write for information click on the addresses below:

 

Where can more information be obtained?

Concerning Navigation Charts and Water Levels:


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Ocean Service


Canadian Hydrographic Service
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Canada Centre for Inland Waters
867 Lakeshore Road
Bulington, Ontario L7R 4A6
(416)336-4844


Marine Environmental Data Service
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
1202-200 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6
(613)990-0231


Concerning Hydraulic and Hydrologic Research:


Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory,
NOAA 2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 (313)668-2254


Other Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Information:


Great Lakes Water Level Communications Centre
Canada Centre for Inland Waters 867 Lakeshore Road
Burlington, Ontario L7R 4R6 (416)336-4581


Concerning Great Lakes Regulation and Water Level Forecasts:


U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
North Central Division 111 North Canal Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606-7205 (312)353-6364


U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Detroit District P.O. Box 1027
Detroit, Michigan 48231 (313)226-6440 or 6441


U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Buffalo District 1776 Niagara Street
Buffalo, New York 14207 (716)879-4257


Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Office
Water Planning and Management Branch Environment
Canada 111 Water Street East,
Suite 232 Cornwall, Ontario K6H 6S2 (613)938-5725


Concerning Conversions between IGLD and Other Datums:


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301)719-3191


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Geodetic Survey (NGS)-
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301)713-3242



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Last Modified: May 02, 2005