U. S. Geological Survey

Table 1 of An Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Survey of Flow Velocities in Detroit River, a Connecting Channel of the Great Lakes

US Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-219

By: David J. Holtschlag and John A. Koschik


Table 1. Prefixes of Detroit River cross-section identifiers used in the July 2002 ADCP survey.
Prefix of cross section identifier Detroit River branch General vicinity of river branch
FC Fleming Channel North of Peche Island and south of Belle Isle at the head of Detroit River
PI Peche Island Channel South of Peche Island
MG Middle Ground Channel North of Belle Isle
DR Detroit River Detroit River southwest of Belle Isle and north of Fighting Island where no branching occurs
FI Fighting Island Channel West of Fighting Island
LC Livingstone Channel East of Fighting Island
EC Ecorse Channel West of (US) Grassy Island
TC Trenton Channel West of Grosse Ile
AC Amherstburg Channel In lower Detroit River, west of Bois Blanc Island
BB Bois Blanc Channel In lower Detroit River, east of Bois Blanc Island.

Citation:

Holtschlag, David J.and John A. Koschik, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2003, An Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Survey of Flow Velocities in Detroit River, a Connecting Channel of the Great Lakes, Date Posted: August 12, 2003, US Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-219 [http://mi.water.usgs.gov/pubs/OF/OF03-219/index.php]

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