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When the ice goes out, the boats go in. An angler fishes from a boat on Rangeley Lake Tuesday, April 29. Ice out, as reported to Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands occurred Monday, April 28. The 100-year average ice out date is May 5. The earliest ice out, April 16, was reported in 2023 and 2024. The latest ice out date for the last century is May 27, 1927. Dee Menear/Rangeley Highlander

 

The Rangeley Town Cove Park boat ramp proved to be a popular place Tuesday, April 29, just one day after the Rangeley Lake ice out was reported. Dee Menear/Rangeley Highlander

 

Haines Landing on Mooselookmeguntic Lake on Tuesday, April 29. Ice out for this body of water and Cupsuptic Lake was reported Sunday, April 27. Dee Menear/Rangeley Highlander

 

A boater on Rangeley Lake Tuesday, April 29, just one day after ice out on Rangeley Lake was reported. Dee Menear/Rangeley Highlander

 

Dee Menear is an award-winning journalist and photographer with over a decade of experience in community news. She is the editor and staff writer for The Rangeley Highlander. She has worked for the Franklin...