SRCN01 CWIS 221400 
Ice bulletin for the St. Lawrence River from Montreal to Les Escoumins including the Saguenay Fiord issued at 1400 UTC Saturday January 22, 2022 by Montreal Ice Centre of the Canadian Coast Guard. Next bulletin will be issued at 1400 UTC Sunday.

General ice conditions: 
From Montreal to Les Escoumins: medium and thin brash, young and new ice
Saguenay Fiord: From Port Alfred to Tadoussac: thin first year, young and new ice. Presence of fast ice to Anse to la Jument.

Estimated conditions:

Montreal to Vercheres
1/10 to 3/10 thin brash
3/10 to 5/10 grey
2/10 to 4/10 nilas and new

Vercheres to Pointe du Lac
3/10 to 5/10 thin brash
Trace to 1/10 grey-white
Trace to 2/10 grey
1/10 to 4/10 nilas and new

Pointe du Lac to Pte Deschambault
Trace to 1/10 medium brash
3/10 to 5/10 thin brash
1/10 to 3/10 grey
1/10 to 3/10 nilas and new

Pte Deschambault to Riviere St. Charles
4/10 to 6/10 medium brash
2/10 to 4/10 thin brash
Trace to 1/10 grey
Trace to 1/10 nilas and new

Riviere St. Charles to Ste Petronille
Trace to 1/10 thick brash
5/10 to 7/10 medium brash
1/10 to 3/10 thin brash
Trace to 1/10 grey

Ste Petronille to Banc Brulé
Trace to 2/10 medium brash
4/10 to 6/10 thin brash
Trace to 2/10 grey
Trace to 2/10 nilas and new

Banc Brulé to La Malbaie
Trace to 1/10 medium brash
1/10 to 3/10 thin brash
1/10 to 3/10 grey
3/10 to 5/10 nilas and new

La Malbaie to Ile aux Lièvres
1/10 to 3/10 thin brash
3/10 to 5/10 grey
2/10 to 4/10 nilas and new

Ile aux Lièvres to Les Escoumins
Trace to 2/10 grey-white
2/10 to 4/10 grey
3/10 to 5/10 nilas and new

Saguenay Fiord

Port Alfred to Cap to l'Est
8/10 thin first year
2/10 grey-white
In fast ice

Cap to l'Est to Cap Éternité
4/10 thin first year
6/10 grey-white
In fast ice

Cap Éternité to Anse to la Jument
4/10 grey-white
6/10 grey
In fast ice

Anse to la Jument to Tadoussac
1/10 to 3/10 grey 
2/10 to 5/10 nilas and new 


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.

This bulletin and more ice/weather products are available on web sites at the following addresses:
https://e-navigation.canada.ca/topics/ice/index-en

END/KJ