Despite the cold snap, which encouraged the lake to make ice rather than melt ice, spring is here and the water is rising.
Lake of Bays is fed from the headwaters within Algonquin Park. The Park is higher than we are, in altitude, so the thaw comes a little bit later there, and we're now seeing Algonquin's Spring arriving along our beach.
The sandcastle boat built over the March break is providing us with a handy reference point at the Main Dock. The future of this proud vessel is not looking particularly good... We predict that she will soon be finding her very own "watery grave", but with the loss of no life and the introduction into the ecosystem of no deleterious substances. It's all good... Another boat will rise along the shores this summer, no doubt!
Meanwhile, our "beach", the wide expanse of sand that greeted our grandparents in 1905, is gradually receding as the water's rise. The silver lining here is that we still have a wondrful sand beach -- and the water is shallow, with an excellent sandy bottom that is ideal for little feet (and big feet) and that warms up quickly!
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