Date: 05/13/2018

Number: 1

Rainy Lake, on the border between Minnesota and Ontario


"Last week's warm weather, rain and wind came together to form the perfect recipe to rid Rainy Lake of its ice.

According to local pilot Mark Trompeter, as of Sunday, a boat could successfully travel from Rainy Lake’s Island View to Kettle Falls unimpeded by ice, marking May 13 as the 2018 ice out date. The earliest recorded ice-out day is April 6, which occurred in 2012. Last year, April 18 marked the much-awaited date.


Read the article and thanks to the International Falls Journal

Rainy Lake, ON

Latitude: 48.7 Longitude: -93.2

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