Next message: George Geist: "Re(2): lv-ab: East Coast WX"
Pierre,
Again, not so on Lake Superior. It does freeze all the way across, so that
people take trips across on snowmobiles and even dog sleds etc. Granted there
are years where even the bays do not freeze sufficiently to stop the car ferry
from running until well into January..not true this year..coldest/snowiest
December on record.
Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer
Cape Dory 30 ~~Come on Spring!~~
Pierre Mitham wrote:
> Not quite the lakes don't freeze, its the ports that freeze. The lakes (
> at least Lake Ontario) themselves are open. It's the restricted areas
> like the canals and ports that stop the shipping.
>
> Pierre.
>
> ----------
> > From: Ron Rogers <>
> > To: ; S/V Aquarius <>
> > Cc:
> > Subject: Re: lv-ab: East Coast WX
> > Date: Saturday, December 30, 2000 7:28 PM
> >
> > They freeze sufficiently to stop shipping. Ships late getting to port are
> > sometimes stuck in the approaches. This would be why the USCG has
> > icebreaking-capable vessels up there. The same for the Canadian Coast
> Guard
> > (maybe Navy?)
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: <>
> > To: "S/V Aquarius" <>
> > Cc: <>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 3:13 PM
> > Subject: RE: lv-ab: East Coast WX
> >
> >
> > > That would be a neattrick, as far as I know (in my lifetime at least)
> the
> > great lakes have never frozen!
> > >
> > > Pierre & Tracy Mitham
> > > aboard Shanica J II
> > > north of the 49th parallel!
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