ice conditions

Beautiful day here May 01. +12c , sunny N.E. wind 15-20K. We still can not boat around island,ice is 1" thick on surface and 8" long fingers (candled) underneath. You can step out of the boat and it will support you.Was out flying today and there is enough open water to travel from town to N.W. tip of Scotty's Island. Solid ice till Queer Island, Lots of open water around Queer, ice again to Bald Island,then open to Dick and Linda's Island ,then some more ice and then open all the way to our place. Dorian and the rest of the bay are still choked with ice.Most people should be able to access there camps by next week end if the weather co-operates????????????.
Bigstone is still frozen to the shore and doutful if that ice will be out till after the 11 th.