Wentworth Watershed Association

February started with ice for skating but quickly changed to a snowy surface. This allowed snowmobiles and skiers to get out on the lake and make the skaters and ice boaters go elsewhere or change their sport. Not much snow actually fell but it never really melted so there has...

Want to guess the day and time the ice on the lake goes out? Now is your chance. The Ice Out Contest will be in last year's format. The exact time and date of guesses won’t be published but just the “ranges” of the guesses. This will be close to...

Snow came to the lake, about 5 inches of it. Snowmobiles are happy and people are out in 4 wheelers because the snow isn't too deep. People are XC skiing as well. The ice is thick and, now with a white surface, the sun won't do as much melting as...

It has been snowing. Some people got out on the last day of good ice, skating around the snow patches and some, perhaps, braver people were out XC skiing on the snow patches between the ice. Fun was had by all. However, the snow came and we now have a...

An inch or so of snow fell on the great ice and it got a bit above freezing. It was still possible to skate but all the cracks were hidden so you could catch a skate in them and when it went below freezing, it got a bit crusty. Ice...

The skating has been great. The ice boats have been flying and people with skates and sails have been having a great time. A few pressure ridges are still a problem and some open water between Stamp Act and Cate continues (as usual) to be a problem, but it has...