The Northland's recent stretch of unseasonably warm weather has caused some North Shore waterfalls to shake off their winter coating of ice, at least in part.
Temperatures have climbed into the 40s and 50s in recent days -- April-like conditions, only in mid-February -- and on Monday the region saw widespread rainfall of a half-inch or more.
While there was plenty of ice to be found on the Gooseberry River at Gooseberry Falls State Park northeast of Two Harbors on Sunday, there also was a lot of open water at and near the falls.
The same could be seen at other North Shore streams all the way up to Kakabeka Falls near Thunder Bay, Ontario.
With no sign of a major cooldown in the forecast for at least the next week, waterfalls along the North Shore should remain a mix of ice and open water in the coming days.
