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Ice Conditions (most recent on top, Canada snow coverage, terminology, monitor page for changes, Ministry of NR, YRP, ice fishing ice report)

Legend (wind-chill)

April 3, 2004: The last of the last for the season in Ontario. It was a great winter season. See you next year.

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Report Date (windcast) Location(click for details/map) Snow/Ice Surface (colour-code) Snow/Ice Depth (cm) Edging (1-5, 1=excellent)/ Sun, Moon Rise-Set Snowmobile Watch

NEW Dec 2003

Open Water

Shoreline
Apr 3, 2004

Ice no longer safe, Ontario closed for the season
Mar 31, 2004 Introduction to Kite Skiing at the Etobicoke Yacht Club (please RSVP)
Mar.21, 2004

1st attempt of kite skiers to traverse and return across Lake Simcoe
Parkwood Avenue (Cook's Bay) no snow coverage, hard smooth ice 0-1cm/>15cm 2/ minor none solid
Mar.15, 2004 Glenwoods Avenue (Cook's Bay) no snow coverage, hard ice, a little on the rough side 0cm/>15cm 2/ minor none solid
Mar.12, 2004 Geneva Park WISSA light snow/ hard ice 0-2cm/>15cm 2/      
Mar 9-13 2004 World Ice and Snow Sailing Association Championships (WISSA) - come to Geneva Park, Orillia, Ontario
Feb 28, 2004 Puslinch Lake Fun Fly 12-4pm
Feb 21/22 2004 Lake Simcoe Wind Sports Festival - The conditions and wind look great for the weekend
Feb.21, 2004 Glenwoods Avenue (Cook's Bay)  wet snow packed/ hard ice 4cm/>15cm 1/ minor none solid
Sat. Feb 7, 2004

Lake Simcoe Annual Fish Derby, 5 corners, Way's Bay Drive, Keswick
Walter Drive (Cook's Bay)  snow packed with a bit of crust/ buried 30cm/53cm 1/ minor none solid
Sat. Jan 24, 2004 Parkwood Avenue (Cook's Bay)  snow packed/ hard ice 10cm/>15cm 1/ minor none solid
Sun. Jan 18, 2004 Willow Beach powder 15/>15cm 1/ minor none solid
Way's Bay Drive powder 15/>15cm 1/ extremely high snowmobile activity none solid
Sun. Jan 11, 2004 De La Salle Park, Willow Beach  snow coverage/smooth  hard ice 6cm/>15cm 2/ ? none solid
Fri. Jan 08, 2004 Walter Drive (Cook's Bay)  snow coverage/ hard ice 6cm/10cm 2/ ? ? ?
Sun. Dec 28, 2003* Walter Drive (Cook's Bay) soft ice 0/4-10cm 1/ only the occasional 4x4 from the center of the bay north soft spots
Sun. Dec 21, 2003* Walter Drive (Cook's Bay) light snow covering to refrozen slush 0-2/>15cm 2/ snowmobiles abundant on ice from the center of the bay north solid
Sun. Dec 7, 2003* Walter Drive (Cook's Bay) mixed bag of light snow covering to smooth black ice 0/11cm 2/ none in the north of the bay solid
Sat. Dec 6, 2003 Port Perry none/first black ice 0/9cm 2/   none visible solid
Walter Drive (Cook's Bay) none/first black ice 0/9cm 3/  

none visible, proceed with caution

walking out through the channel was safe
Previous seasons Started

Ended
2003-2004 (details) December 6, 2003 April 3, 2004
2002-2003 (details) December 1, 2002 April 12, 2003
2001-2002 (details) December 26, 2001 March 30, 2002
2000-2001 (details) November 25, 2000 April 11, 2001
1999-2000 (details) December 19, 1999 March 20, 2000
1998-1999 (details) March 30, 1999
As I get more cam and weather feeds, I'll add them to this page. Be sure to check out iWindsurf.com
or current wind forecasts or this for Canadian winds.

The following table of ice thickness versus ice strength, provided by the National Research Council of Canada and developed by E.R. Pounder, gives you the safe load for a given ice thickness of fresh lake and river ice

SAFE LOAD OPERATION FRESH ICE
One person at rest 8 cm
0.4 ton moving slowly 10 cm
2 ton vehicle moving slowly 25 cm *
10 ton tracked vehicle moving slowly 43 cm
13 ton aircraft parked 61 cm
* estimated numbers, not provided in original table (source)

Source E.R. Pounder (ec)

Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA)
Lake Simcoe is the bottom most red dot.Canadian Ice Service Bulletin for Great Lakes (Dec-April)
 
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