Table of Ice Reports, St. Lawrence Area, IQJ/.^ — Continued 



Day of 

 Month 



Location and Remarks 



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2-f) 



4 



5 



Brash. 

 P9ck.. 



Drift,.. 

 Pack... 

 ....do.. 



...do.. 

 ...do.. 

 Slob... 

 Pack... 



_..do. 

 ...do. 

 Slob.. 



Various. 

 Pack.... 



FEBRDART — Continued 



At 44-15 63-05 western edge slush. Pancake ice ?t 44-26 62-23. Slob 6 inches thick 



in 7- to 10-foot diameter cakes at 44-48 61-24. 

 2/10 to 9/10 cover 44-53 60-25 to 45-18 59-10. 

 Heavy pans at 45-20 59-45 with young clear ice to 1 foot thick thence to 45-26 59-00. 



Eastern edge at 45-22 58-00. Heaviest cakes 18 inches thick. 

 Small patch vicinity Artimon Bank (45-10 58-10). Very scattered at 45-25 57-00. 

 Eastern edge field at 44- 26 58-23. Heavv scattered young ice all sides at 45-34 58-24. 

 Outer limits pack 45-40 60-00, 46-00 59-00, 46-20 58-00, 46-40, 59-20, 47-00 59-20, 



47-40 59-40, 47-50 60-00, 47-50 60-20. Pack in Sydney and Louisburg approaches. 

 Cape Breton coast to approximately 46-25 58-40. 

 Approaches to Sydney and Louisburg Harbors. 

 Heavy in Louisburg Harbor. 

 Gut of Canso and Chedabucto Bay 7/10 cover. Fingers ice streaming out of bay to east. 



Some ice along south coast Cape Breton Island. Sydney Harbor and approaches 



10/10 cover. 

 Eastern edge appears west of 46-25 59-00 m poor visibility. Sydney approaches filled. 

 To visibility limit in Sydney approaches. 

 Heavy in approaches to I,ouisburg. 



Very heavy in all directions from Louisburg to 45-30 60-05 thence heavy slob with open 

 patches to 45-25 60-10 and slush with occa.sional heavy pans to 45-00 61-25. Heavy 

 pack in approaches Sydney and Louisburg Harbors. 



Close packed ice along ea.'t coast Cape Breton Island past visibility limit at 25 miles 

 off shore. 



Ice protected vessel (S. S. Kyle) stuck in heavy pack ice vicinity Scatari Island from 

 2 March to 6 March. 



Almost complete cover heavy ice from east coast Cape Breton Island past visibility limit 

 at 10 miles off shore. Sydney appropches blocked. Louisburg approaches clear. 



Heavy ice south coast Cape Breton Island from east to Gut of Canso extending over 25 

 miles off_ shore. Solid ice in George Bay and Northumberland Strait from Fictou to 

 East Point. Close packed off Sydney. Slob in Louisburg Harbor and approaches. 



Belle Isle Strait solid except for strip open water along northwest side. 



Fairlv solid from Cape Breton coasi to 46-20 59-00 thence scattered to 46-30 58-20. 



Outer edge main field St. Paul I.-land through 46-36 59-10, 46-00 58-50, 45-08 58-39, 

 44- 25 59-45 thence southwesterly. Last position to Gut of Canso 2/10 to 7/10 cover. 

 Pictou Island to East Point (PEI) to Cape North solid ice. Cape North to St. Paul 

 Island 9/10 cover. 4/10 to 9/10 heavy ice vicinity Scatari Island. Slob Louisburg 

 Harbor and approaches. 



Edge slush ice at 43-55 63-20, thence slush, slOD, and open patches to eastern edge at 

 44-35 58-00. Heavier pieces vicinity 44-30 58-40 only ice causing reduction of vessel's 

 speed: 



Extreme limits ice through irregular limits 44-25 61 -00, 44-20 58-50, 44-42 57-50, 45-15 

 57-48, 46-23 58-55 and 46-50 59-10. Southern border light open ice with some slush 

 and slob. Heavy pack to beach along east coast Cape Breton Island also over Misaine 

 Bank. Some pieces heavy ice to over 300 feet diameter. Tendency noted for heavy 

 pieces to drift towards southeastern limits of the pack. New formed slob inshore 

 west of Louisburg. Western limits bevond 61-00 W., not visible. 



Heavy pack encountered from 44-53 57-34 to 44-28 59-30 thence pancake to 44-25 62-31 

 thence slush to Halifax. 



Eastern edge 47-09 59-14. Heavj' ice in vicinity 45-38 59-39. Light slob Louisburg 

 Harbor with heavy close packed ice in approaches. 



Solid thick ice from Cape Breton coast to 46-25 5900, 46-40 58-45, 46-55 59-00, 47-15 

 60-00. Lighter ice becoming broken and scattered to outer limits through points, 

 45-10 61-00. 45-55 57-55, 47-00 58-15, 47-40 60-00. 



Cape Breton coast to 46-30 58-05. Scattered near outer limits and close cover witL.i. 

 30 miles of beach. 



Edge heavy pack extends past Scatari Island to irregular limits through 45-20 60-05, 

 45-27 57-40, 46-28 58-29 and north-northwest beyond visibility limit into Gulf. Scat- 

 tered strings and patches up to 15 miles outside limits with slob westward past line 

 Guion Islandto 45-15 60-30 (visibility limitt. 3/10 to 4/10 cover outer edge increasing 

 to 9/10 to 10/10 in main bodv. Many cakes upwards from 20 to 40 feet diameter. 



Eastern edge from north to 47"-35 60-20, 47-00 59-20, 45-50 58-00. Southern edge 

 this heavv ice westward along 45-20 N. Light ice south this line. 



Eastern edge through 45-50 57-34, 45-20 57-18, 45-12 57-35. Light slob Louisburg 

 Harbor with scattered drift in approaches. Close pack Sydney approaches. 



Cape Breton Island to 46-35 58-00 with some scattered pieces to eastward. 



Eastern edge 47-40 60-00 through 46-30 5S-00. Western edge Cape North clearing 

 coast to 46 00 59-20, 45-50 59-40, and south through 45-15 N. 10/10 cover vicinity 

 St. Paul Island decreasing to 5/10 cover east of Scatari Island. .\pproaches to Sydney 

 and Louisburg clear. 



From off coast Cape Breton Island cast to 46-35 58-05. Entire pack considerably broken 

 with outer edges stringy. 



Eastern edge from beach vicinity Cape Ray to 47-20 59-40, 47-20 59-00, 47-00 58-35 

 and southerly. 



Strings and scattered floes Cape Breton coast to vicinity 46-30 58-10. 



Sydney approaches. Louisburg approaches clear. 



Lower St. Lawrence River open and close packed with broken ice at Quebec. Gulf to 

 Gut of Canso and Cabot Strait 7/10 to 10/10 cover. Outer limits Cape Ray to 46-21 

 58-41 thence an undetermined distance southeast thence 45-25 58-00 thence 44-50 

 60-00. Clear from latter position through Gut of Canso. Scattered ice Sydney 

 approaches. 7/10 to 9/10 pancake off mouth Louisburg Harbor. 



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