The Welland Canal season begins on Thursday April 2nd. But the CCGS
icebreaker Pierre Radisson is required in Lake Erie to bust up a LOT
of ice. Don't think it is as bad as 2014, but it's still more than
most recent seasons. There's no ice in the Canal (at least not below
Lock 7, I didn't check above).

Picture taken as the Radisson tied up briefly (for about 20 minutes)
below Lock 2 in St Catherines Ontario.

Steve