Quote: | Originally Posted by Capt Keller Actually, it rarely freezes on the lakes these days until sometime around late December-mid January. At least in the lower lakes, and the St. Clair, and Detroit River system. And the last ship I was on sailed all winter long in an as needed situation, and with very little Coast Guard Icebreaker assistance. In fact she is the only double hulled Steel Tanker on the Great Lakes, and is US Flagged, or at least for now. I've seen small fishing boats even as far up as around Port Huron during the Christmas holidays.
Capt John S. Keller
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Hooray! You made it.
Now regale us with some stories of "heavy weather" on the Great Lakes. 
Cheers!
Eric
PS - ADDED PHOTOS for your great story below. 
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