Lets see now....iirc last time Lake Erie was froze over was 1977.............
I remember that year...anybody else?
Oh yeah! We built my dad's house in the winter of 76-77. Shoveled a foot of snow off the deck most mornings. Cold as all heck, wind was fierce. Drove my car into a snow covered ditch on a back road with my girl friend Beverly (OK, I was preoccupied) Nasty winter
Trapping sucked that year, couldn't get to creeks because they were frozen over too thick. I never saw a quail in my area again after that year.
Winter 77-78 was almost as bad, not as bad as I remember, but then we were'nt building a house in it. Thye say 78-79 was bad after january, I don't know, I was on a beach in GUAM.