Ice on the lakes until June this year.
I think I can canoe now as the lake seems to be mostly free of ice.
However, I get to the lake's outlet and am stopped by a very large mass of ice. So I have to set up camp after a very short trip to wait several more days until the ice melts.
The advantage of the later spring is that I can have a lunch fire anywhere in the bush. There is lots of snow to melt for tea, and to extinguish the fire. Life is good!