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Ice Safety
Lakes and Ponds in HRM
Safety Guidelines
Ice Factors
Many factors affecting ice thickness includes: Type of water, location, time of year, and other environmental factors, such as:
- Water depth and size of body of water
- Currents, tides and other moving water
- Chemicals including salt
- Fluctuations in water levels
- Logs, rocks and docks absorbing heat from the sun
- Changing air temperature
- Shock waves from vehicles traveling on the ice
Ice Colour
The colour of the ice may be an indication of its strength:
- Clear blue ice is strongest
- White opaque or snow ice is half as strong as blue ice; opaque ice is formed by wet snow freezing on the ice
- Grey ice is unsafe - the grayness indicates the presence of water
Did you know ice thickness should be:
- 15 cm for walking or skating alone
- 20 cm for skating parties or games
- 25 cm for snowmobiles
Be safe. Avoid going out on ice at night and always check conditions before venturing out.
For more information, please visit the Red Cross website at: www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=2570&tid=024
Random ice thickness testing is done on each pond and lake in HRM, providing general ice conditions which can vary over the ice surface.
Please use extreme caution in areas where streams flow in and out of lakes.
Persons using the ponds and lakes do so at their own risk. |
Regions:
Ice Conditions: Halifax Area
LOCATION NAME |
LOCATION CHECKED |
CM |
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS |
DATE CHECKED |
| Belchers Marsh |
at Parkland and Red Fern |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Belchers Pond |
Little Belchers Pond at Parkland and Carlina Court |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Big Lake |
(Percy Baker Park) on River Road near White Rock Beach, Terrance Bay |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Catamaran Pond |
at end of Lewis St |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Chocolate Lake |
behind Best Western Hotel |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Doyle’s Pond |
Old Sambro Road between Club Road and Fraser Rd |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Five Island Lake |
across from 3777 Bay Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Fraser Lake |
Glen Margaret - next to William Black Church |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Frog Pond |
at Purcell’s Cove Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Governor’s Lake |
Beechville/Lakeside/Timberley |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Grand Lake |
Williamswood at 3100 Old Sambro Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Graves Oakley Pond |
off Leiblin Drive |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Greys Lake (or Pennant Lake) |
at West Pennant Road & Charles Gray Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Hail Pond |
off Northwest Arm Drive |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Half Mile Lake |
James Street or Aspen Grove, Greenwood Heights |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Hatchett Lake |
end of Lake Road off Prospect Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Henry Lake or Grover Lake |
behind Harrietsfield Rec Centre, 1150 Old Sambro Rd |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Hubley Mill Lake |
across from 94 Hubley Mill Lake Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Kearney Lake |
at Beach Area |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Kidston Lake |
at Beach Area off Feldspar Crescent |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Latter’s Lake or Fraser Lake |
off Herring Cove Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Lewis Lake |
across from 4488 Bay Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Long Pond |
at Beach Area - Herring Cove Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| McGrath Lake |
opposite #521 Brookside Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Power’s Pond |
off Purcell’s Cove Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Punch Bowl |
off Punch Bowl Drive |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Roaches Pond |
near parking lot - Herring Cove Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Sheldrake Lake |
at Playground |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Whimsical Lake |
at Beach Area - Mabou Ave |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| White’s Lake |
at 3283 Prospect Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Williams Lake |
at end of Acorn Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
Ice Conditions: Dartmouth Area
LOCATION NAME |
LOCATION CHECKED |
CM |
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS |
DATE CHECKED |
| Albro Lake (Big) |
Beach Area |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Albro Lake (Little) |
# 27 Limardo Drive |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Banook |
at Canoe Club |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Bell Lake |
Abenaki Canoe Club |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Birch Cove Beach |
Banook Lake |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Cranberry Lake |
Wildwood - corner Main/Wildwood Blvd |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Fairbanks |
Fairbanks Interpretation Center. |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Frenchmans Lake |
Spectacle Lake Drive |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Graham’s Grove Beach |
Beach Area |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Lake Charles |
Shubie Beach |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Maynards |
Beach |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| MicMac |
Boat Launch |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Morash Pond |
Woodlawn Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Morris Lake |
Beach |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Oathill |
Lorne Avenue |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Penhorn |
Beach |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Red Bridge Pond |
Braemar Drive |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Russell Lake |
By wharf |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
Ice Conditions: Cole Harbour / Porter`s Lake Area
LOCATION NAME |
LOCATION CHECKED |
CM |
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS |
DATE CHECKED |
| Bissett Lake |
Beach Area at Park Entrance, off Colby Drive |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Bumpy Lake Road |
Behind #31 Bumpy Lane |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Church Lake |
Across from 51 Church Lake Drive, Lake Echo |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Cow Bay Lake |
Cow Bay Beach |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Duck Pond |
Cole Harbour Commons |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Frog Lake |
# 44 Lower Partridge River Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Frog Pond |
Cow Bay Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Lake Echo |
Community Center |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Lake Major |
by Mailbox on German Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Lawrencetown Lake |
Behind # 57 Candy Mountain Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Long Lake |
Lake Major Road at Second Bridge |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Loon Lake |
Hwy #7 at Legion |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| MacDonald Pond |
Shore Road, Eastern Passage |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Middle Porters Lake |
Across from #149 Bellfountaine Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Morris Pond |
At Kinsman Beach |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Nelson Lake |
# 2217 Number 7 Highway |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Porter’s Lake |
at # 29 Other Street |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Rocky Lake |
Caldwell Road by Shearwater |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Settle Lake |
Beach Area |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
Ice Conditions: Bedford / Sackville Area
LOCATION NAME |
LOCATION CHECKED |
CM |
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS |
DATE CHECKED |
| Barrett Lake |
across from 691 Beaver Bank Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| First Lake |
at Kinsmen Centre Beach |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| First Lake |
across from Pinehill Drive |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Keith’s Lake |
next to 1018 Cobequid Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Kinsac lake |
across from 779 Fall River Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Lake Fletcher |
behind Fort Scenic Apartments |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Lake Thomas |
at Lake Thomas Trailer Park |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Lake Williams |
behind 2767 Lake Thomas Drive |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Lake Williams |
at Lands and Forests |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Miller Lake |
131 Sanctuary Court |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Paper Mill Lake |
at Moir’s Mill, Mill Run |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Paper Mill Lake |
at Lake Drive, Beach Area |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Powder Mill Lake |
on Rocky Lake Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Sandy Lake |
Bedford |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Springfield Lake |
at Beach Area |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Tucker Lake |
across from 1331 Beaver Bank Road |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
| Woodbine Trailer park |
at pumping station on Bustin Blvd |
|
OPEN WATER |
March 12, 2013 |
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