Muskoka Ice Out Conditions April 25th 2014

This is not a very good picture, however, I had to take it through the screen of the Muskoka room…… as the pathway to the boathouse is under water, and so I can’t take the shot of the lake from the top of the boathouse as I would have liked to.

As you can see the ice is there halfway out of our bay.

Yesterday Brackenrig Bay in Lake Rosseau was still totally covered in ice

Our boathouse sits a little bit low and so your docks or boathouses may not be as far under the water as ours is. At the end of our dock we have a bollard that is about 5 inches high and the very top of it is still showing above the water.

Tim Forwell told me that from his cottage near Torrance, he can see open water in all directions, and no ice. He saw boat go to Bass Island today.

Here, closer to Indianhead, there is still a lot of ice, except at the mouth of the river. It is darkening in colour a great deal, so it is really deteriorating quickly. A boat went from George Road landing out to Eileen Gowan Island on Wednesday, and that was the first boat we are aware of in this area. It will be a couple of days before boats can get out of Indnianhead I think.

I will post everyday until the ice is out…. so that the eager islanders know the conditions and can know when they can get out to their beloved cottage.

Water is a sight for sore eyes after this long winter