Date: 04/18/2015

Number: 1

Lake Vermillion, Shagawa Lake, and more in St. Louis County, Minnesota


"The open water season arrived early this year in northern St. Louis County, as warm air, sunshine and days of strong wind swept remaining ice off most area lakes by the end of last week"

"Lake Vermilion cleared of ice on Saturday, April 18, twelve days ahead of its long-term average of April 30. And this year’s ice-out comes almost a month earlier than last year’s ice-free date of May 13."

"Ely’s Shagawa Lake was also ice-free as of April 18, according to Pat Loe, a Forest Service pilot based in Ely. Most smaller lakes in the region had opened days earlier. Bear Head Lake was reported ice-free on Tuesday, April 14, while Farm and White Iron lakes both cleared of ice on Friday, April 17. Crane Lake was reported open as of April 18, while Elephant Lake was ice-free as of April 15, according to the staff at Melgeorge’s Resort."




Read the article and thanks to Marshall Helmberger of Timberjay.com in Tower, Minnesota.

Lake Vermillion, MN

Latitude: 47.9 Longitude: -92.3

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