Finally, last night (6-10-14) Brian Williams on the NBC Evening News announced that the USCG had declared the Great Lakes ice free after one of the coldest winters in history. But the fringe benefits of that are higher lake levels, mostly from the heavy snows across the region this past winter. That is good for recreational boaters as well as the big guys -- commercial shipping. Unfortunately, there won’t be much swimming in the upper lakes this year because of the cold water. Local TV stations are running reports on the evening news to stay out of the water lest hypothermia set in. Of course, 10 seconds in that water will convince just about any sane person to get out, fast. David Sorenson Duluth, MN

To add to this info, in date of June 6, water temp in the middle of Lake Ontario was only 3 Celsius (37,4 F) and 11 Celsius (51 F) in the Islands near Gananoque. But it's improving each week. Will report in a few days if interested. > Finally, last night (6-10-14) Brian Williams on the NBC Evening News > announced that the USCG had declared the Great Lakes ice free after one of > the coldest winters in history. But the fringe benefits of that are higher > lake levels, mostly from the heavy snows across the region this past winter. > That is good for recreational boaters as well as the big guys -- commercial > shipping. Unfortunately, there won¹t be much swimming in the upper lakes > this year because of the cold water. Local TV stations are running reports > on the evening news to stay out of the water lest hypothermia set in. Of > course, 10 seconds in that water will convince just about any sane person to > get out, fast. David Sorenson Duluth, > MN _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.c > om/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com To modify your Great-Loop > subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com

The water temperature in Lake St. Clair, which is only several hours from Lake Huron is about 58*. Several spots where there is little exchange with the main flow of the St. Clair River has temps nearing 70. Should be down right balmy before you know it. Keith Sweet E Tiara 4300 Convertible On Jun 11, 2014 4:02 PM, "B. V." <bvcom@mac.com> wrote: > To add to this info, in date of June 6, water temp in the middle of Lake > Ontario was only 3 Celsius (37,4 F) and 11 Celsius (51 F) in the Islands > near Gananoque. > > But it's improving each week. Will report in a few days if interested. > > > > > > Finally, last night (6-10-14) Brian Williams on the NBC Evening News > > > announced that the USCG had declared the Great Lakes ice free after one of > > > the coldest winters in history. But the fringe benefits of that are higher > > > lake levels, mostly from the heavy snows across the region this past > winter. > > > That is good for recreational boaters as well as the big guys -- commercial > > > shipping. Unfortunately, there won¹t be much swimming in the upper lakes > > > this year because of the cold water. Local TV stations are running reports > > > on the evening news to stay out of the water lest hypothermia set in. Of > > > course, 10 seconds in that water will convince just about any sane person > to > > > get out, fast. > > David Sorenson > Duluth, > > MN > > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.c > > om/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > To modify your Great-Loop > > subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > > > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com >