Transects for the Winter Waterfowl 

 Inventory 

 January 19, 20, 196O 



1. Lake Ontario from Hamilton to Niagara -on~the-Lake, Including Old Welland 

 Canal. 



2. Niagara River to Fort Erie. , . ^ , 



3. Fort Erie to Long Point. 



h. Long Point to Port Stanley (including Jones Sanctuary). 



5. Port Stanley to Rondeau. .. . ^ 



6. Rondeau to Amherstburg. 



7. Detroit River - Amherstburg to Lake St. Clair. 

 7a. Lake St. Clair. 



8. St. Clair River to Point Edward. 



9. Point Edward - Grand Bend. (Not complete in I960 due to snow) 



Weather 

 January 19th 



Temperature 25^. Broken cloud to overcast, wind N, W. 20 m.p.h. Snow 



flurries, clearing by midday. Snow prevent count beyond Point Edward. 

 January 20th 



Temperature 20° in a.m. Clear with broken alto cumulus clouds. 

 January 28th 



Clear, sunny. Ice conditions. 



January 19th and 20th 



t* .... 



Pack ice in Lake Ontario 



■ ■('..■ ■' 

 Niagara River open 



Pack ice along shore of Lake Erie 



Pack ice at Long Point. Bay frozen, open water at tip of Point. 



Open water in Lake at Rondeau - Bay frozen over with open pockets. 



Lake open east of Point Pelee, Q^% frozen West of Point Pelee 



Detroit River 75% open 



Lake St. Clair 95/^ frozen - 



River St. Clair open 



Lake Ifiiron 90% pack ice. 



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