SRCN03 CWIS 152100
Ice bulletin for the St. Lawrence River and the Gulf from Les Escoumins to Cabot and Belle Isle Straits issued at 2100 UTC Friday, December 15, 2023 by Montreal Ice Centre of the Canadian Coast Guard. Next bulletin will be issued at 2100 UTC Saturday.

Normal shipping routes are in effect from Les Escoumins to Cabot Strait and to Strait of Belle-Isle, also along the Lower North Shore.

General ice conditions:
Les Escoumins to Cabot Strait
Mainly open water from Les Escoumins to Pte des Monts, then ice free to Cabot Strait.

Pte des Monts to Strait of Belle-Isle
Ice free in the traffic separation scheme from Pte des Monts to Strait of Belle-Isle.

Lower North Shore from Sept-Iles to Blanc Sablon within 10nm of the shore
Open water, nilas and new 

Estimated ice conditions:

Les Escoumins to Pte des Monts
Open water

Pte des Monts to Cabot Strait
Mainly ice free

Pte des Monts to Strait of Belle-Isle
Mainly ice free

Lower North Shore

Sept-Īles to Blanc-Sablon
Trace to 2/10 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.

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

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