Ice "IN"?

[T-Bone]

I recall many years ago a forum member from Ohio used to go up to Lac Kipawa very late in the year. Once, he went in over US Thanksgiving in late-November and, coming in from the Kipawa, they had to break through thin ice in some parts of their trek toward MacKenzie Island.

Given that reference date is less than 2-weeks from now, is there any evidence of the lake getting ready to ice up yet? I've been looking at lake webcams from NW and Central Ontario and they seem to be no closer to ice now than in July.

Stu or others...any insights?

Thanks.   

[puckster_guy]

We are nowhere near ice on the lake. I left camp on Saturday and highs are sill in the upper single digits. Barely going below freezing even at night. Looking at the long range forecast It doesn't look like we'll see any ice til December. I was talking to a neighbour yesterday, he was wondering if I was still at camp. He is still fishing most days.   

[Fort Wisers]

Was up at camp this weekend past, our little pond has a thin skiff of ice, but the pond is very small and freezes up much faster than larger bodies of water like Kipawa. I agree with puckster, unless the temperatures dip, it will be a while yet.....

[knuckles]

Sorry i have been super busy the last few weeks.
Camp closing, getting house and boat ready for winter, and some dink stole our truck..argh.

We will get the sunnyside cam up and running again this season.
So far looks like the water has come back up nicely. No sign of ice at all.
Perhaps early January this year?

[RickOnt]

Knuckles  it is great you are getting the cam going again.

It is nice to see what is happening first hand

No ice yet but that can change very quickly

I think we will see it iced over by Christmas

[Fort Wisers]

The forecast is looking favorable for  good ice making, a few double digit negative numbers in the evenings and staying below freezing all day for the foreseeable future...as much as you can trust the weather forecast anyhow haha

[hinorth]

heading to camp today.  Staying until the 20th.  Hope it freezes over this weekend.  My fingers are crossed that I can get out across the lake.  We'll see, weather is getting milder next week

[knuckles]

Be careful lake is not frozen.
This was posted today, looking out from government dock.

[knuckles]

Dixie from town posted this pic today.
She mentioned it had finally frozen over.
As far as she could see from the bay.

[knuckles]

A town member posted today 2.5" of ice in bay around town.
Still not safe to travel on yet