Back to Gowganda yesterday afternoon

Great trip over the holidays, Worthington (west of Sudbury), Lindsay, Toronto, Peterboro, east of Parry Sound, and Huntsville. Lots of good food and catching up with everyone. Drove back from Huntsville yesterday the roads were dry and in good shape all the way home. 
 Not quite the same story this morning waking up to this....

Spent a few hours cleaning this up and it has snowed on and off the rest of the day too.  It's great to be back.

Last post for this year

 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Thanks for watching Gowganda Views 

Winter solstice approches

Winter officially begins on Dec. 21, marking the slow return of the sun making the days become longer for those north of the equator. The day itself is the darkest and shortest day of the year, when the sun reaches its southernmost point in the sky.

Cold weather is not moving out yet

Very cold the last few days with the temps in the morning around -30° C one morning.  Days have had terrible wind chill too.  Snowmobiles are now on the lake.  Ice fishermen have said there is over 6" of ice.  Here is a pic of the old well in the back yard as the sun is setting.

Finally a bit of sun

After the ice storm and melt a bit of sunshine today

Back to the river

Down at the rapids where I took some pics earlier (Nov. 9), now with the snow a new view.  There is 10 inches on the ground in the bush right now.  Most of that will have disappeared with the rain last night.

Snow starting to add up

 After the last week or so temperatures have fallen and the lake is frozen over.  Snow is building up slowly even to getting the snowblowers out all over town, snowplows keep the roads clear and sanded.  Winter has set in.  Here are a couple of pics from last week.

Snowblowing today

 More than enough snow to get the rust off the snowblower today.  Always nice to get out and make sure it's working well for the rest of the winter.

Banker's bay yesterday

  To day it snowed off and on the whole day, it didn't look like it was coming down too hard but by the end there was at least 10 cm. 
   A pic of Banker's Bay and the ice that was pushed up from the south winds.

Tonight's sundown

Couple more from last days shoot

 

First picture is from the same spot only looking east.  The bottom pic is on the road just south of Firth Lake.

Wapus Creek

Warm and wet today with more rain to come tonight.  Out for a ride towards Wapus Creek for some pics. Walked down the old road bed where the bailey bridge used to be, the water is high just like all the areas right now.  Took some pics looking west from the bridge.

Tuesdays cold clear night

There was hard ice almost an inch thick in Outlook Bay, the south wind by the afternoon was pushing it up in front of the Post Office.  Earlton weather station logged in -16°C from midnight to 3:00 am.

Video of Montreal River

 A short video of the rushing water.

A very busy Montreal River

This picture was taken about half way between the dam and the bridge yesterday.  There is a lot of water coming down right now much like the spring runoff maybe even more. Don't forget to click on image for larger view.

Lots of rain the last few days

With all the rain and the fact that they took 4 logs out of the dam the water going down  Burke and Edith Lake like a flood.  The boat ramp at Edith is underwater and the concrete boat anchor they lock the boats to is 6 inches underwater. Here is a pic taken today.

Hedlund marsh iced over

Great day today, lots of sun and cool.  Headed out west on the highway and never got past Hedlund marsh.  Here are a couple of pics.  All of the water has a thin skin of ice.  This was taken around 3:00 pm.

Changes to a dull picture

Before 

After

Driftwood

Just sitting along the shore taking some pics in between showers.

Gowganda snow

The last couple of days we have had a bit of snow.  Here are a few pics.