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We had strong winds out of the Northeast. Onshore winds combined with freezing temperatures can coat the trees with ice delivering great natural ice sculptures.

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Even a small trig like this when coated with many thin layers of ice can still be left standing.

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A group of branches can look pretty artistic.

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The icicles hanging from the Civilian Conservation Corps chain barrier at Gooseberry Falls State Park was my favorite.

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The island in front of Split Rock Lighthouse State Park framed in ice.

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It was the full moon on Friday evening but clouds moved in and this is all that we got to see of it.

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Tettegouche State Park Shoreline 001

In the cart-on campground at Tettegouche State Park many shrubs were ice coated.

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This ice coated spruce tree was my favorite at Tettegouche.

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Even the dead twisted birch looked pretty nice in their winter coat of ice.

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The closer the brush was to the shoreline the more coated it was in ice.

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Even the cliffs had hundreds of icicles hanging from them.

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