Lori,
The cabin in Maine is hard on the Canadian border. Cabin,out front is the lake,other side...Canada.

I scattered my wife's ashes at her favorite spot on water's edge. That way she is in sight of her native homeland.

Sleet starts around first of September,ice starts to skim on the lake by early October and ice out is not until about the 2nd or 3rd week in May.

Just in time.............for the black flies to come out in hordes.

Nasty bite takes about two weeks to heal. The black flies last from that time until about late July.

Temps in the dead of winter have gotten as low as minus 40.

Lake water temperature even in August is about 55......maybe.

Wayne