Date: 04/18/2015

Number: 1

Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe near Orillia, Ontario


"The ice left quickly this year, with both lakes being mainly ice-free April 18, two days earlier than the average ice-out date."

"Lake Couchiching can be completely ice-free as early as March 25, which it was in 2000 and 2012. The early ice-out date for Lake Couchiching before those dates was March 28, 1945. The latest ice-out date over the past 120 years was May 4, 1904, followed by May 3, 1972. The average ice-out date for Lake Couchiching over the past 120 years is April 20. "




Read the article by Bob Bowles and thanks to the Orillia Packet and Times in Orillia, Ontario.

Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe, ON

Latitude: 44.7 Longitude: -79.4

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