Our friends at
Canoelake.ca are calling Canoe Lake open, with the qualification that there is still ice floating around. Since we don't have people "on the ground" at Opeongo, or better yet, "on the water," our call will be based on the
satellite image. As of 4:30-ish yesterday (see previous post), sat images show significant ice still in the east arm and in the narrows between the north and south arms. With the cold weather, there would not have been any melting. I even saw fresh ice on a few lakes visble from the road this morning. Today's image will tell the story (assuming the cloud cover allows us to see anything). By our definition of "unimpeded boat travel end to end" the lake is not open, though I'd say it is 60% open.
Now if we had one of these, we could be telling a different story:
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| The Oktokopter would be even more useful than a web cam! |
Update: 4:43 PM:
The daily satellite images are up but cloud cover is not helping our crack team of observers. Fortunately, the north and south arms can be seen through a break in the cloud and the blockage in the channel is still visible. I think it is safe to say that things on Opeongo have not changed much since yesterday, due to the cold weather.
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| The south arm is pretty much in the centre of the image. The ice blockage is visible up and left a bit. |
Friends of Algonquin have said Opeongo is ice free.. have you guys checked it out?? Time to power up the boat motor!
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking in, camper 905. We made the official call on Thursday, March 29, and announced it on our Facebook page. Unfortunately, we bloggers just can't seem to keep up with those Facebookers. It will still be a few weeks before we have a boat in the water.
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