A daily journal concerning Lake Vermilion and surrounding areas
Selected real estate, notes, stories, musings, and anecdotes
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Friday, April 30, 2004
Consider this official notice of the unofficial local Lake Vermilion ice-out date.
Unofficial local 2004 Ice-Out Date is April 27th!
The folks down at the Minnesota Climatology office do not agree.
Update... and LakeVermilion.com has got the ice free day as April 29th!
This cabin, located in the Wakemup Narrows area, is a ready-to-enjoy classic family lake cabin. Ready to use with all the simple necessities of a getaway cabin. Traditional knotty pine interior and log sided exterior with low maintenance metal roof. Two bedrooms plus bunkhouse, sauna, lakeside deck, swimming area, and garage. Pine covered level lot with easy road access.
The day the ice goes out on Lake Vermilion is an occasion of local significance.
The historical details of the event have been noted since 1923. The average ice-out date is April 30th. The earliest is April 10th (1945). The latest is May 23rd (1950). The current ice condition status and the historical ice-out dates are tracked by the Minnesota Climatology Office. Plus LakeVermilion.com has a few interesting facts on Lake Vermilion ice-out history.
Our local electrical supplier, Lake Country Power, is having their Annual Meeting this Saturday, the 26th, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The meeting starts at 10AM, but show up at 9AM and they will treat you to a continental breakfast.
One of the current hot topics at LCP is AMR, or Automated Meter Reading. This project will convert customer meters to a new and "smarter" version that will allow automatic usage readings plus additional benefits for maintenance and repair. The conversion will begin this Spring and will take about 5 years to complete.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is going to implement a study to monitor the contaminants in waterfowl eggs in Northeastern Minnesota. They are looking for eggs to include in the study. This news release has details on how you could help.
Buying and selling activity increases as the Spring and Summer seasons progress. That's to be expected. But it represents a challenge when it comes to staying on top of new inventory.
So the plan is to be more diligent when searching for property.
Starting next week you will see the results of a new and improved search routine. The idea is to fulfill one of the original and basic purposes for this web site. And that is to find and list newly available real estate offerings located on or near Lake Vermilion.
As always, please ask for additional information on any property of interest. Thanks!
It was last year about this time I posted a photo of the Pike River. An annual event might be developing here.
For those that pass the river on Highway 77 with any frequency, this image will not be news. For anyone else, it is confirmation the lake is receiving it's annual Spring transfusion from the Pike River watershed.
The lake's remaining ice pack still looks pretty solid. So there is still considerable work to be done in the melt and thaw department.
The typical ice-out date is plus or minus a week of May 1.
Maybe the holiday weekend was slow to release it's grip. Or maybe it's the less than Spring-like weather. The lake is white with ice but there are signs of hope.
The MN Department of Transportation has issued a list of area construction projects. The DNR is alerting us to the fact that Mothers Day will occur one week after the Fishing Opener. (So you can take your Mom fishing.) And the Spring burning restrictions (for the Lake Vermilion area) will go into effect on April 15th and 22nd.
This could be your great northwoods getaway cabin at the lake! An original and classic log cabin (in excellent condition) that has the perfect combination of charm and atmosphere. A quiet island setting in beautiful Norwegian Bay! Included are exterior deck, lakeside sauna, workshop/storage shed, woodshed, and two docks. Use your decorator's eye to enhance the inherent qualities of this cabin at the lake.
Here's a formal confirmation of our real estate market that common sense will affirm.
When you have a Vertical Supply Curve, it is market demand that primarily determines market value.
In other words... if the availability of something is fixed, it is buyer demand for the item that most likely affects the price that item will sell for.
In other words... real estate is a good investment, because they "ain't makin' any more of it".
All Lake Vermilion area real estate is a good value. With an even better future value. It would be tough to find anyone who regrets buying Lake Vermilion area real estate.
And now an update on the current conditions in the Rainy River Drainage Basin... I am pleased to report the basin is draining nicely.
Confirmation of this event is revealed in this photo (taken today) of the Rice River. All of that stained Rice River water (dihydrogen monoxide) is rushing in a northerly direction to eventually terminate in Hudson Bay.
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