Thanks for the complement Pixart.
This was taken at Sibbalds Point Provincial Park on the south shore of Lake Simcoe near Sutton (about 5 minutes from my house) It is awesome and depending on weather happens almost every year in April. The Ice is so powerful it pushes huge rocks onto the top which hang in the air on ice. The beach is a small pebble stone beach, which is why the ice is so clean. I attempted this shot a few years ago, but I only had a point and shoot.
Old one:
http://www.stockxpert.com/browse.phtml?f=view&id=20063 So I went back this spring to try nail the same shot with my D300. Hence the snappyness.
I would love to be there to listen to it happen. It pushes 30 feet up onto the shore in spots.
I experienced your Red River incident when I was a teen on the Burnt River near Fenelon Falls Ontario - Indeed Creepy!