Recent post by North Bay Snowmobile Club   https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1L1aSyj4gH/   Quebec has always been tough on Non Permit Riders but Not Ontario  

Some the same and some different sleds this year 

no more lake effect this year, we’re relying on winter storms. Last I heard, Huron was like 70% frozen 

Not going to happen. It took a large icebreaker 2+ days to get an Algoma ship into Goderich harbour to load salt. They said the ice was well over a metre thick out past the breakwall.