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The Canadian Ice Fishing Championship is a two-day annual event held on Lake Simcoe, in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1994, two years after the World Ice Fishing Championship was held in Georgina, Ontario.
Icehouses were operated by Lake Simcoe Ice from 1914 to the 1930s. Today the east end is home to Frenchmans Bay Marina, residential homes (including newer townhouses along Liverpool Road) Slightly east of the bay is Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, while west side is home to Pickering Bay Yacht Club, Frenchman's Bay Canoe Club.
Lake Simcoe's name was given by John Graves Simcoe in 1793 in memory of his father, Captain John Simcoe. Captain Simcoe was born on 28 November 1710, in Staindrop, in County Durham, northeast England, and served as an officer in the Royal Navy, dying of pneumonia aboard his ship, HMS Pembroke, on 15 May 1759.
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Lake Cascade (Perch, Trout) The warm spell right before the New Year created messy conditions on Cascade, with inches of slush on top of the ice in many areas.
Ice fishing on Lake Simcoe begins in January and lasts until mid-March. Kempenfelt Bay usually freezes later in winter than the shallower sections of Lake Simcoe, such as Cook's Bay. There may be as many as 4000 huts during peak season, which must all be registered with the Ministry of Natural Resources. Yellow perch is the most commonly caught ...
Lake Couchiching (/ ˈ k uː tʃ ɪ tʃ ɪ ŋ / KOO-chitch-ing; [1] from the Ojibwe gojijiing meaning "inlet") is a medium-sized lake in Central Ontario, Canada, separated from Lake Simcoe by a narrow channel. Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching are popular spots for fishing in summer and ice fishing in winter.
Meteorologists perched atop the Northeast's highest peak, known for the world's worst weather, took advantage of recent icy conditions to engage in a rather unusual activity: subarctic surfing.