In mid-April, the ice was mostly off the North Saskatchewan and I put in at the Laurier Park launch for a quick run. The water level was a low summer levels.
I ferried across to the south side and then went upstream for about half an hour. There were some nice ice shelfs in the shade of the bank and small bits of ice (fist sized) floating past.
Not much for birds (a few gulls and ducks) but the robins were singing in the trees.
You can just make out the usual water level on the rock below (about half way down the exposed face). Most of the larger pieces of ice visible in the water were grounded on gravel bars.
I went almost to the Quesnel bridge and then cut across to the sunny north bank for the float back. There were a few larger floaters here and a small cluster of bergs jammed up on the gravel shelf below the bank swallow colony.
All told, an okay paddle for early in the year on the North Saskatchewan. Looking forward to warmer weather and some lakes opening up.
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