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Eagle River cancels ice castle

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Due to the weather, Eagle River's Ice Castle will be put off for this year.

The fortress has been built by hand since the 1920's with ice harvested from Silver Lake. The weather occasionally has not cooperated in the past preventing the castle's construction.

The Eagle River Fire Department says this year the ice is too thin and unsafe for the cutting operations and trucks to work. They usually harvest more than 2,000 blocks for the project.

Fire Chief Pat Weber says the prime time for construction passed and now the department is preparing for the Snowmobile Derby and the US Pond Hockey Championships.

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