I guess I was somewhat oblivious to the fact that we are having MAJOR ice problems on the St. Clair River. I guess I hadn't been near the water in a while and really didn't have a clue until there was an article in Sunday's paper about a freighter being stuck only a few miles north of the Blue Water Bridge & needed assistance from some ice breakers and tugs to move onward!
So, on Tuesday I decided to check it out! There were several ice breakers from the Coast Guard in the area, including the Mackinaw, but I didn't see any today. The most southern end of Lake Huron is just a mile or so north of the Blue Water Bridge shown here.
Across, the slushiness is one of the casino's across the border in Sarnia, Ontario. I guess I never realized it, but the ice floe actually makes a whooshing sound! The ice near shore by where I was happened to be stagnant, but 50+ feet out it was moving at a pretty good clip.
I'm glad I was on a concrete walkway, looks pretty cold to me!
Somewhere downriver, the cutters were working feverishly to bust up the floe as it headed toward them and the northbound freighters as the shipping season was just opened and everyone was antsy to get their filled freighters to port!
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