|
|
April |
 |
|
Ice-out today! Late today Glen Toogood declared ice-out after it broke up in the North Arm of Lake Temagami marking the end to the 2008 break-up. And it came fast with sudden large water openings yesterday after relentless days of high temperatures without freezing nights that began April 15.
Toogood is Ottertooth's official break-up observer. Once Lake Temagami is fully open, as one of the deepest lakes in the area, virtually everything else is already. The North Arm, north of Toogood on Garden Island, is one of the last big areas of the lake to go. Once he declares it open, we call it break-up. Due to clouds, there is no clear satellite photo available.
GLEN TOOGOOD This morning, off the north side of Garden Island on Lake Temagami, before the ice went out. Camp Wabun's dock is in the foreground.
|
|
Photos by Gerry Gooderham |
 |
 |
|
APRIL 26 Gerry Gooderham's Saturday on Lake Temagami: "I put the boat in Saturday morning and boated as far as Wabikon. There was a fair amount of ice and I was unable to get to the landing. I tried going back towards Temagami Lodge route, but it was blocked even more. By 3:30 the rain and winds had really moved things around." "Ivor and I headed out to the Lodge and found the traveling very easy most of the ice had blown out: from Temagami Lodge to the landing was wide open and we were able to pick up Sue no problem. She went out on Monday by snow machine and in Saturday by boat!! Here are some pictures of the last day." "I suspect with these winds there will be no ice by Sunday... another quick breakup." |
|
Small lakes open The first good satellite image in a week reveals the small lakes at the same latitude as Lake Temagami are open.
|
|
|
 |
APRIL 22 Ice travel ends – for the sane With a high of 22 C and no winds, it was another beautiful day. The forecast is for rain tomorrow and no chance of frost, so Gerry Gooderham of Ogama Island took his thousand-pound sled (local for snowmachine) off the ice.
His neighbour, Ivor Jones While the warmth chased back the ice, it brought forth the first bloom. "Officially there are no snowmachines on the lake," wrote Gerry Gooderham in an e-mail. "At least not with sane people!"
|
|
|
 |
|
APRIL 21 Sillies come out as break-up nears The Gooderham family (above and below) is out this morning for the second annual Temagami Open near their home in the Hub of Lake Temagami. There is about 16 inches of candled ice and much of the lake cover has pulled away from the shoreline. The temperature hit 25 C. Sharon Jones (above) and Sue Gooderham (below) are working out the kinks in their strokes. Round two on Wednesday with Jones leading. Membership in the club is free, but if you lose a ball in a hole it's a $100 a ball! PHOTOS: GERRY GOODERHAM |
 |
|
Big heat, big melt Yesterday the temperature jumped to 15 C, and did not drop below freezing overnight for the first time. The snow melt on the ice was dramatic as the dark blue of the satellite image indicates, and thinning has progressed. At this time of the year, interpreting the image can be tricky. It helps to compare with the true-colour image below. Only Lake Nipissing shows more small open water, and that is negligible.
APRIL 15 First signs of ice-out This satellite photo reveals the first signs of spring in the open water on Lake Timiskaming, Lake Nipissing, and the Temagami River. Daytime temperatures have been above freezing since March 30, but the melt has been countered by nightly dips below freezing. Break-up over the last eight years has swung between April 22 and May 5.
|
 |
APRIL 1 Boy o' buoy by Andy Stevens Andy's son Graeme on the icebound navigation buoy off Island 49, Northeast Arm of Lake Temagami. Taken on Easter weekend, the snow on the lake was "hard as concrete," making it one endless sidewalk. |
|
Home Rupert Battle Rupert River Temagami Che-Mun Forum Crees Camps Canoes Keewaydin Way Search About Contact Us
Maps and information herein are not intended for navigational use, and are not represented to be correct in every respect. All pages intended for reference use only, and all pages are subject to change with new information and without notice. The author/publisher accepts no responsibility or liability for use of the information on these pages. Wilderness travel and canoeing possess inherent risk. It is the sole responsibility of the paddler and outdoor traveler to determine whether he/she is qualified for these activities. Copyright © 2000-2014 Brian Back. All rights reserved. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the content of any linked document on an external site.
|
BACKGROUND:
SATELLITE PHOTO:
