Eagle Lake Ice Out: Update #6

Breaking News:  Eagle Lake Ice Out Imminent!

(*For the folk from Wisconsin, imminent is not an illegal alien, but simply means “soon”)

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A west wind has cleared half the bay as of this a.m.
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Ice pack stretching from Round Island to Johnson's Point

Will  “Winnipeg Rick” Martinson win the Eagle Lake Ice Out contest with a guess of April 9th???

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Lucy......"No way Rick!"
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Maggie: "Better luck next year Rick!"
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The dogs may have a point....it is a bit cool, but the wind might be the factor!

The wind may decide the Eagle Lake Ice Out contest….

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...as evident by the ice movement onto the town dock yesterday.
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....and along the shoreline yesterday...

An Eagle Lake Ice Out historical perspective…

Back in the archives of Vermilion Bay Lodge and the Electric Beaver lies documentation of the Eagle Lake ice out situation as it unfolded in 2010.  This was a record breaking ice out that occurred on April 14th.  Follow this link “2010 Eagle Lake Ice Out” to view the final days of this record breaking year……and to see the winner and runners-up in the 2010 Eagle Lake ice out competition.

Stay tuned as our Eagle Lake Ice Out news team stays on top of this “fast breaking” story…

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