When we launch our boat in the spring, we launch in the town of Gimli, that has a fair sized harbour and is only a couple of miles from the hangars where we store the boat for the winter. Then, once launched, we make our way south down the lake about 12 miles to our home port at Winnipeg Beach called "Boundary Creek Marina".
To the left is Boundary Creek Marina. This harbour usually opens up earlier than Gimli harbour, because it has a small creek feeding it which helps to open it up.
To the right is Gimli Harbour, no water in sight just the marine research vessel Namao, way out at the end of the concrete pier. This harbour opens up next, so we could launch as soon as that happens, but that is of no use to us, until the ice on the lake breaks up so that we can leave this harbour and make our way to our berth at Winnipeg Beach. So we have to watch and wait not only for the harbours to loose their ice, but also for the breakup of the ice on the lake, which usually is a slow process until you get a good spring storm. That usually makes it break up in a hurry. So we will work on our ToDo Lists and watch for the spring break up. Hopefully it will not be too long.
I'M ANXIOUS FOR BOATING SEASON TO START.
