FICN19 CWIS 071700 Ice forecasts for the Great Lakes issued by Environment Canada at 12:00 p.m. EST Wednesday 7 December 2011 for today tonight and Thursday. The next scheduled forecasts will be issued at 12:00 p.m. Thursday. Lake Superior. Ice free except 9 tenths of thin lake ice in Black Bay and 5 tenths of new lake ice along portions of the shores in Nipigon Bay, Thunder Bay and Chequamegon Bay. Whitefish Bay. Ice free. Lake Huron. Ice free. North Channel. Ice free. Georgian Bay. Ice free. Lake St. Clair. Ice free. Lake Erie. Ice free. Lake Ontario. Ice free. Lake Michigan. Ice free. End