Laurenson Lake in Town is ice free as of yesterday, when that happens we are still 3-10 days before I can boat to Barepoint. After lunch I went for a boat ride and was disappointed that I couldn’t get as far as I thought. I had expected to make Cat Island but could not get past Railroad island to North, Moore Bay still shore to shore ice with ice measuring 8.5” thick there and I could have walked the ice road! could not get around North side Queer island but could navigate the boat channel around South side. The ice on stretch Allan’s Reef is white/solid. Cannot navigate the South side of Barrier Islands and ice as far as you can see looking towards Yellowgirl . In my travels I came across 2 floating docks the nicest one was up on rocks small island West Kelly’s Boot so I started towing it to nearest dock to secure, that’s when I noticed it was a Docks and Lifts floater and they write the customers name on end steel , I recognize the name and towed it to their place on Pipestone, the other one I tied to a dock on Queer. There is a lot debris floating around. Today I can walk out on my dock wearing shoes but at rate it’s coming up will need rubber boots tomorrow ? I’ve cancelled my Winnipeg trip for tomorrow and going back to my first prediction of reaching Barepoint May 17.
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Spring Thaw 2022
There has been nothing new to report till yesterday, we can now canoe across to East Allie without touching ice. When this happens we can boat to Barepoint anywhere from 7-19 days. This year is very similar to 2014, late,wet ,water rose 7” on top ice that year, yesterday we have 23” water on top ice at shoreline and rising. Snow has all but melted on our South paths around island but snow still too deep on North paths that cannot drive quad around. Long range has rain/cloud and warmest day is only 15c..What we need now is strong gusty winds to start moving ice on surface, the strong currents will be wearing it away from below. While working around boathouse yesterday a small hole appeared in ice and within hours was wide open. Im predicting to reach Barepoint May 17 , I will post progress as we get closer to that date.
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Monday, December 13, 2021
December 10/21
On Friday the 3 ice boats made first trip into Town off the Lake, 4” ice. Picture taken Ministry Landing.
This is Terry Lunny on Friday picture was taken by his son Jeff, they skated out to their camp on Scotty’s also reporting 4” ice in their travels.
Not enough ice
for sled/quad yet.
