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Canadian

Ice Fishing

Championship

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February 23rd and 24th are the dates set for this years Canadian Ice Fishing Championship. With an estimated $37,500* in cash to be disbursed to the top ten, plus additional cash and other prizes it's promising to be the biggest cash payout ever in the competitions 14 year history.

If you are planning on using an ice hut check out the New ice hut Regulations as only approved portable ice huts will be allowed to be used for the duration of the tournament.

Ice Hut Registration Formsfor Lake Simcoe are available from the Town of Georgina.

* Prize structure based on a full field of 150 teams

For up to date area satellite weather radar visit Environment Canada's Weather Office site

Locatedapproximately 60 - km north of the city of Toronto, Lake Simcoe is one of the worlds largest freshwater lakes that freeze completely over in the winter. Roughly 1/2 of Ontario's population is within one hour's drive of the lake and all that it offers.

The lake occupies roughly 20% of its total watershed of 3,580 km². It is southern Ontario's largest body of water and is part of the Trent Severn Waterway that connects Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay.

Most of the 35 tributary rivers and five major tributaries that drain the watershed originate along the southern boundary of the watershed. These southern tributaries have their headwaters in the Oak Ridges Moraine and run north into southern shores of the lake.

Early Settlers in the Uxbridge area used these many streams and rivers to supply power for lumber and grist mills. While some dams have been replaced over the years as flood control, the remnants of some of the old dams still remain.

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(above) satellite view of Lake Simcoe (from wikipedia)
(on the right) is one of three dams that controlled the water level for J.E. PEERS Mill in Udora
(below) a fluor bag from the old mill