2023 NICKERSON LAKE ICE-OUT CONTEST
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This year, we are celebrating 40 years of Nickerson Lake Wilderness Preservation! Read more about the NLWP mission to preserve this magical place on earth!
Enter your prediction for the Nickerson Lake Ice-Out date. Take a chance to become the 2023 Nickerson Lake CHAMPION!
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Prognostication on
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Nickerson Lake
A little background:
Paul Porter designed the high tech apparatus shown in the picture that will determine the time of ice-out with split second accuracy.
He and Al Cowperthwaite built the device which sets a new standard for ice-out detection equipment.
Resources for better prediction:
To help in this year’s prediction, refer to this record of ice-out dates since 1949. The Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry has compiled information on state-wide ice out dates and similar information is on this page, provided by Lake Stewards of Maine. The US Geological Survey has issued this paper on the New England ice-out date trend.
