SRCN01 CWIS 091400
Ice bulletin for the St Lawrence River from Montreal to Les Escoumins and the Saguenay Fjord 
issued at 1400UTC Tuesday March 09, 2010 by Quebec Ice Centre of the Canadian Coast 
Guard.
Next bulletin will be issued at 1400UTC Wednesday.

General ice conditions
Mainly open water from Montreal to Les Escoumins with some thin brash and thin first year, in 
the Quebec City area.
In the Saguenay Fjord, first year, grey-white and new to Cap Est, then first year and grey-white 
in fast ice to Ville La Baie.

Detailed ice conditions 
Montreal to Q73
Open water

Q73 to Donnacona
1 to 3 thin first year

Donnacona to Ste Petronille
Open water

Ste Petronille to Beaumont
Trace to 1 thin brash
4 to 5 thin first year
1 to 3 grey-white

Beaumont to St-Laurent
1 thin first year

St-Laurent to Les Escoumins
Open water

Saguenay Fjord
From Tadoussac to Cap Est
3 to 5 thin first year
Trace to 1 grey-white
Trace to 2 nilas and new

Cap Est to Ville La Baie
7 to 9 thin first year
1 to 3 grey-white
In fast ice

Remarks
Mariners are advised to navigate with extreme caution in the vicinity of and in ice infested 
waters as ice conditions may be more extensive and/or severe than reported.

Pieces of batture may break away from the fast ice edges and drift into the shipping channel at 
any time between Montreal and Cap Brule.

Those bulletins as well as ice charts are also available on CCG internet site at the following 
address:
http://www.marinfo.gc.ca/en/glaces/index.asp

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