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Along the shore of Seneca

SCHUYLER COUNTY, Feb. 23, 2015 -- Much of the surface of Seneca Lake froze in varying degrees of thickness -- razor thin to impressively thick -- during the recent cold snap. And though District Attorney Joe Fazzary reports from up the lake that much of the ice in his area disappeared with Sunday's warming trend -- "Waves were high," he says, adding that the ice that preceded them was "the coolest thing I've ever seen on this lake." -- more cold was forecast in the coming days. So he might well see that ice again. Some of his photos, along with one by lake resident Tom Phillips and another by Marianne Morin, can be found here.

Meanwhile, the ice remained over most of the southern end of the lake Sunday. Liz Fraboni provides some photos from that day at the pier, while editor Charlie Haeffner offers some from the same day and two days earlier.

The Finger Lakes Railway was in action near the Seneca Harbor marina Friday afternoon.

One of the new docks at the Seneca Harbor marina. (Photo by Liz Fraboni)

Left: Liz Fraboni lines up a shot on the dock that serves as summer berth for the True Love sailing vessel. Right: A lone gull near the pier looks around at a frozen wasteland.

Looking west across Seneca -- a section mostly covered by ice on the day it was shot. Waves were back on Sunday, when the temperature reached the high 30s. (Photo by Joe Fazzary)

Ice was the predominant element on the day this photo was snapped at Peach Orchard cove. (Photo by Tom Phillips)

Geese take flight from the ice near the southern shoreline of Seneca Lake.

These two chairs on the schooner True Love's dock seem to be waiting patiently for summer.
(Photo by Liz Fraboni)

Left: Plenty of ice surrounded the Seneca Legacy cruise vessel at its berth near the pier Friday afternoon. Ice was later cut away from the base of the vessel. Right: A view from the pier.
(Photo on right by Liz Fraboni)

This panorama of Seneca Lake northward, high along the eastern shoreline, shows that most of the surface in that section was covered by ice. (Photo by Joe Fazzary)

Looking out on an icy Seneca Lake, from atop a bluff on the eastern shore.
(Photo by Joe Fazzary)

The buildup of ice along the southeastern shoreline of Seneca can be seen in this photo snapped from the top of Cross Street Sunday morning. (Photo by Marianne Morin)

Looking out toward the end of the pier from the area of the Seneca Legacy.
(Photo by Liz Fraboni)

The ice- and snow-covered breakwater. (Photo by Liz Fraboni)

A coil of rope used to help secure the schooner True Love in the summer sits frozen in place.
(Photo by Liz Fraboni)

The view toward the shore, as taken from the schooner True Love's dock.
(Photo by Liz Fraboni)

The Harbor Hotel, as seen Sunday from the end of the Seneca Harbor pier.

A thirsty denizen of the lake.

Desolation marks the Seneca Harbor marina in the depths of winter.