FICN19 CWIS 231700 Ice forecasts for the Great Lakes issued by Environment Canada at 12:00 p.m. EST Friday 23 December 2011 for today tonight and Saturday. The next scheduled forecasts will be issued at 12:00 p.m. Saturday. Lake Superior. Open water except 6 tenths of thin lake ice in Black Bay, Nipigon Bay and Chequamegon Bay. Whitefish Bay. Open water except 6 tenths of new lake ice on parts of the southern shore. Lake Huron. Open water. North Channel. Open water except 2 tenths of new lake ice in St. Marys River. Georgian Bay. Open water except 1 tenth of new lake ice in the bays. Lake St. Clair Lake Erie. Ice free. Lake Ontario. Open water. Lake Michigan. Ice free except for 9 tenths of thin ice along the northern shores of the Bays de Noc. 2 tenths of thin lake ice along the southern shores of Green Bay. The Lake Michigan ice description has been prepared by the U.S. National Ice Center. End