Daily Archives: 22/04/2009

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Lac Saint-Jean

by William Tuthill 19 April on Lac Staint-Jean near Chicoutimi, Quebec – near the site of WISSA 2010. This area has a very different climate from other parts of Quebec such as Montreal and Quebec City. Winters are long, and spring offers lots of sailing in warmer temperatures and steady […]

Lake Minnewanka in Banff, Alberta

by William Tuthill This is 18 April on Lake Minnewanka in Banff, Alberta. 24 inches [60 cm] of ice so hard that it is buckled like an alligator’s back. There is so much cold stored in this slab that even above freezing temperatures have barely etched the surface. The lake […]