Canada Coast Guard Announces Spring Icebreaking In Quebec
The Canadian Coast Guard notifies the residents of Repentigny and those living along the shore of the L’Assomption, Prairies, Mille-Îles and Châteauguay Rivers that spring icebreaking operations will begin on or about March 9, 2010.
The purpose of this yearly operation is to dislodge ice at the entrance of the tributaries in order to prevent ice jams and flooding that can result from the spring break-up.
Owners of facilities on the ice should move them safely ashore. The Canadian Coast Guard strongly recommends that pedestrians, fishers and snowmobilers leave the ice when they see the hovercraft in the immediate vicinity. The ice may move, and this may create a danger for anyone in the area of the Canadian Coast Guard vessel.
The operation will be carried out by the Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft ACV Mamilossa, an air-cushion vehicle whose engines produce a noise similar to an aircraft.
The Canadian Coast Guard would like to notify local residents and all those using the shores of Lake St. Louis that it intends to begin spring icebreaking operations at the entrance of the St. Lawrence Seaway, on the north and south shores of the Lake and in Bay Des Cascades on or about March 9, 2010.
The purpose of this yearly operation is to dislodge the ice at the mouth of the river’s tributaries in order to prevent ice jams and flooding that may result from the spring break-up. The operation will be carried out by the icebreaker CCGS Martha L. Black and by a Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft.
The Canadian Coast Guard strongly recommends that pedestrians, fishers and snowmobilers leave the ice when they see the icebreaker in the vicinity. The ice may move and this may create a real danger for anyone in the area of the Canadian Coast Guard units.
CCGS Martha L. Black has a red hull with a transverse white band and a white funnel bearing a maple leaf. A hovercraft is an air cushion vehicle whose engines produce a noise similar to an aircraft.
The Canadian Coast Guard wishes to notify coastal residents and visitors on the Lower North Shore that it will begin spring icebreaking operations on or about March 13, 2010.
A Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker will open the harbours of Harrington, Tête-à-la-Baleine, La Tabatière, Saint-Augustin and Blanc-Sablon.
The Canadian Coast Guard strongly recommends that pedestrians, fishers and snowmobilers leave the ice when they see the icebreaker in the vicinity. The ice may move and this may create a real danger for anyone in the area of the Canadian Coast Guard vessel.
Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers have a red hull with a transverse white band and a white funnel bearing a maple leaf.
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