On April 30 th In 2014 I could canoe across to East Allie without touching ice and lake was open May 19.

Today on April 30 There is still a little ice it looks honeycomb and with some wind should disappear in couple days. On morning of 28 th we made 1/4” ice on open water, tonight is colder at -5 so expect 3/8”ice to form ? On 26 th I went to Barepoint by ice boat and Strawberry was froze over , on 28 th she opened up approximately 150’ wide. There were a few small puddles of open water 5-6’ diameter on East side of Queer otherwise solid ice. The long range forecast has minus temperatures up till May 06 and warmest daytime is only 13,  lake level has risen close to 2” since opening around our dock. Normal height for this time of year but we have had very little precipitation. Hopefully make Barepoint by May 15-16 th ?
 

 

Ice

 This is the channel I spoke about, when a crack develops that I can canoe across without touching ice it averages 14 days to Barepoint.

Spring ,2026

 This spring thaw is very similar to 2014 Spring, including cooler temperatures. We had more open water in 14 than we do today. In 14 we had more snow on island than this year. We were ice free May 19 in 2014 ,Working around docks yesterday in morning ice was dry and by 16:00 there were holes and flooded, but 20’ from shore still 30” thick. Yesterday was sunny,calm 14c, today is 20 with sun so expect to see shoreline open up. My guess is boating between May 12 to 19 ? Leaning closer to 19 th, I’ll have a better idea on April 30, that’s when I could canoe across to East Allie without touching ice and once that happens it averages 14 days till ice out.