Local police are reminding "no ice is safe ice" after a truck went through the ice of Wawa Lake.
Superior East OPP say no-one was injured when the pickup went through the ice last night, after driving along the shoreline, though police emphasize "this could have ended in tragedy if the vehicle was in deeper water", urging everyone to "use good judgement on and around the ice".
Ontario Provincial Police have warned many factors affect ice thickness, including: the type of water; time of year; water depth and size of the body of water; currents, tides, and other moving water; logs, rocks, and shoals absorbing heat from the sun; and changing air temperature, nor does ice freeze at uniform thickness throughout a body of water, and while early forming ice may look safe, it is likely not thick, strong, or stable enough to support much weight, so thickness should be checked regularly as you move further onto the ice.
Wawa Lake only just froze over on Thursday - the latest ever, according to records provided to JJAM FM News by local resident Andy Stevens, surpassing the record set in 2015, when the lake froze on December 31st.