5/9/11 – We received the following from the Forest Service last night:
Superior National Forest Ice Report as of May 8, 2011
From Forest Service Pilot:
Overview: With few exceptions, roughly any lake that is of any size east of a line running south of Big Saganaga Lake still has quite a lot of ice.
Lakes in LaCroix and Kawishiwi Districts: Most lakes are open including Basswood and Knife Lakes.
Lakes in Tofte and Gunflint Districts:
Open: Ogishkemuncie, Sea Gull, Little Saganaga, and the western half of Gunflint, Little Cascade; Sawbill ; Perent, Isabella.
Some Ice: Tuscarora (floating scraps), Loon (south of Gunflint Lake) is mostly ice, Homer has scraps of ice.
All Ice: Cherokee, Frost, and Brule still have ice tight to the shore and mostly any lake of any size east of these lakes; Gabimichigami, Gillis, Cherokee, Winchell, Brule, Loon and Davis; Cascade, Tait, and Clara; South Temperance; Alton, Beth; Devil’s Track.