Vraiment toujours autant impressionnant. Merci d'avoir partagé ce superbe vidéo. J'adore aller regarder la débâcle de la rivière chaudière chaque années.. C'que je peux aimer ma ville natale.!! 😁✌✌👍
Ice chunk that hangs up and pops over at 11:14 - 11:20 in front of the person gives good perspective to the thickness of the ice and the power of the river. Fascinating, beautiful, intimidating
C est fascinant ! Très bien filmé. Le bruit alentour devait être assourdissant semblable à un monstre rageur !?. Et diire que tout cela, ce n est que de l eau ! Quelle puissance que cet élément !
These "V" shaped spillways are designed to do exactly this, many rivers in northern climes can come to almost a complete flow-stop (especially rivers primarily fed by runoff) the ice can get feet thick and during the rapid rise during the thaw huge ice-flows become a problem. These, as you saw, use the weight of the ice against itself and break things up. Very cool.
I am in total awe, I was blown away by the sheer force of the water but also by how fast towards the end of how fast it went. The person below gave a good example of size reference. Thanks for the video.
Thank you ... many people never get to witness this power first hand. I'm grateful for the man by the fence ... that added so much perspective ... wonderful video, thank you.
Thanks for taking the time to record this event. Most impressive. I was surprised at the number of people just walking by on the opposite river bank without taking the time to notice this happening. Again I thank you...HB
For those who don’t know were it is; it’s the Chaudière river downstream close to the St-Laurent river. South shore of Québec city in the province of Québec in Canada.
I was going to write the same thing. But with that guy standing there, you get a glimpse into the power of water. We love water. If it doesn't move, we stalk it, then drink it. But, if it's moving we get afraid. Awesome. Thanks for posting such a spectacle. Merci.
Not sure why this popped up in my feed 3 years later but it is mesmerizing ! 15 minutes isn't long enough! plus it's great for my Tinnitus. Would love to see this area in the summer for perspective!
You don't get a sense of perspective until the guy shows up later in the video, just amazing to see. Sadly none of that here to see in Australia, great video thanks
Merci de partager ces images, sur lesquelles je reviens de temps à autres, incluant les années précédentes. Votre contribution sur le phénomène des mouvements de glace sur la Chaudière est non seulement spectaculaire, mais elle constitue pratiquement un documentaire "historico-patrimonial", quand on pense aux relations que les riverains de la Chaudière peuvent avoir avec ce cours d'eau aux humeurs si variables, à la place de cette rivière dans l'imaginaire de ceux qui la connaissent. Merci encore, et à une autre année, j'espère.
Great ! job. Amazing video. Thank you, Sir for recording and sharing this with us and the world. It's worth knowing this happens and definitively, the next time I'm at a frozen river in spring, I will take safety precautions :). Thx so much and stay healthy.
here in New England (and elsewhere?) this is an annual Spring event that we call "ice out". It is when the weather has been a bit warmer for a long enough time for the integrity of the river ice to be shattered and so begins the actual Spring weather. One of the great dangers on some rivers is down stream where enormous ice dams occur. Great damage can occur where the water backs up and where the ice jam press on bridges etc. Here in Northern Massachusetts, it was an annual pilgrimage to go to the dam at Lowell MA on the Merrimac River when ice-out occurred.
It is always good to see the leaving of the winter ice pack on the river. This was filmed on my 68th birthday, almost 6 years ago. Nice birthday present.
I wonder how thick the ice is that we can see going over? Great way to break the ice up to minimise damage downstream. I wonder if this type of weir was originally built to protect wooden hulled shipping? Or maybe just bridges downstream.
Ice thickness vary from the place they come, thicker by the river side (can go to 2 meters) and less than one meter in the middle were the main stream is.
Awesome video! Thanks for the upload. Spring is my favorite season because of scenes like this. This past year has been hard on everyone, a lot of loved ones lost. I hope this year brings much better times than we have been through, although it will continue to be sad times because of everyone we have lost. Hopefully our neighbors to the north will also have a much greater year. Stay safe everybody!
Hello from Russia, is it OK to feature your clip in a my chanel for educational purposes (so-called temporary copyright.)? You can stop me from using your content at any time and it will be deleted immediately. It will be credited in the description & comments section with your name. Thanks,
Thanks for the interest in my video. I have to refuse your demand, i had bad experiences in the past with those kind of demand and i prefer to stay away from that. You can always refer to the original in your course, but your site does not seem to be in the same subject. Hi, to Russian who love winter.
I always wondered what happened to ice during the thawing season. Of course much melts into runoff BUT I always wondered if there was a big initial release in warming weather conditions that lead to increased river capacity.
There is a creek in Stoney Creek Ontario where I grew up. Our house, among others was next to the creek. Spring thaw was on a much smaller sale than this, but amazing to see non the less. And very dangerous.
Really enjoyable video. You didn't keep swinging the camera round like some do, making me feel seasick. Really well filmed. Thank You for sharing. England 👍
Wow what a scene! Go to 11:00 minutes and you will see how big these chunks can get compared to human body. Nothing can stop flowing waters. It explains how canyons got carved by water. Thanks for this video.
This is in my hometown and i have the chance to witness this every single year. And i can truly say that this is always a really impressive spectacle to watch 😁✌✌
Awesome spectacle!! Maybe I have OCD, but was anyone else waiting for the ice in the middle of the dam to fall over? I tried using my finger on the screen, but it wouldn't budge!! Ha Ha.
I'm so glad that guy showed up in the bottom right. Until he appeared, I was estimating that the ice was about 1-2 feet thick. With him standing there, I'm thinking it's closer to 6 feet thick. Wow!
Same Here..i didint have sense to proportion until this guy showed on corner..wow..i actualy thing that average piece of ica is abouth 2 or 3 m in radius
Usually the cold, can be as low than 35c some days but -20c is more usual. The ice is thicker by the side of the river, it can go as thick as 2 meters. It is what you see on the side near the end of the video.
Debacle | Definition of Debacle by Merriam-Webster Definition of debacle. 1a : a great disaster. b : a complete failure : fiasco. 2 : a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river. 3 : a violent disruption (as of an army) : rout. I was wondering what the video meant by 'debacle'. I didn't know the word is used for a 'breakup of ice in a river.' Now I do.
Neither did I, thanks for posting that Robert. I was almost going to comment on how this was no debacle but a thing of beauty but thankfully you pulled my foot from my mouth just in time.
I wonder if this sight inspired Louise Penny's latest novel, A Greater Man? The background story is about flooding in Quebec due to the early breakup of ice on the rivieres.
Spring has sprung. WOW! The ice started about 300mm thick but the later blocks must have been 3 to 4 meter thick. The weir was doing its job of breaking it all up into smaller pieces to speed thawing.
No, this little dam is there to regulate the water flow for the electric powerhouse located on the up-rigth (we do not see it). But th e ice did break-up anyway, see other video of the falls
Tout semblait si calme et puis...quelles images de puissance!
Vraiment toujours autant impressionnant. Merci d'avoir partagé ce superbe vidéo. J'adore aller regarder la débâcle de la rivière chaudière chaque années.. C'que je peux aimer ma ville natale.!! 😁✌✌👍
Ça me fait plaisir,
😅
😅
Ice chunk that hangs up and pops over at 11:14 - 11:20 in front of the person gives good perspective to the thickness of the ice and the power of the river. Fascinating, beautiful, intimidating
I was just going to say that
C est fascinant ! Très bien filmé. Le bruit alentour devait être assourdissant semblable à un monstre rageur !?. Et diire que tout cela, ce n est que de l eau ! Quelle puissance que cet élément !
Merci, La terre tremble légèrement aussi
La glace est beaucoup plus épaisse que je l'imaginais ! Merci pour la vidéo.
L'épaisseur varie selon l'année, dépendant de la rigueur hivernale.
Superbe vidéo, merci pour partager tant de beauté avec tous.
These "V" shaped spillways are designed to do exactly this, many rivers in northern climes can come to almost a complete flow-stop (especially rivers primarily fed by runoff) the ice can get feet thick and during the rapid rise during the thaw huge ice-flows become a problem. These, as you saw, use the weight of the ice against itself and break things up. Very cool.
and by the time it passes through the rapids it's reduced to a smoothie of slush I expect.
@@Don.Challenger Yarb!
It's a fall see my other vid on this
Thank you, never would have known that was the reason for the design.
I am 2 minutes in, and this is already my favorite video of 2022, hands down. I need more serenity, and this is it. Thanks!
Even though it’s from 3 yrs ago just saw it don’t feel like editing.
I am in total awe, I was blown away by the sheer force of the water but also by how fast towards the end of how fast it went. The person below gave a good example of size reference. Thanks for the video.
Merveilleux!!!….un gros merci…
Avec plaisir 😊
There is something mesmerizing about the video. I could watch it for hours. Spring thaw, and ice out.
The power of nature. I could bring a chair and watch this for hours.
yup, a fire and some beers also. Momma nature is truely entertaining aye!
@@MichaelMosesHammer ha ha ha ha 👍👍👍👍👍Real human debacle.👍👍👍👍👍
This is why these videos are so popular. Watching the elements unleash their power Is mesmerizing. Kant called this "sublime" if I'm not mistaken
Me too
Majority of ice looked to be a couple feet thick!
Thank you ... many people never get to witness this power first hand. I'm grateful for the man by the fence ... that added so much perspective ... wonderful video, thank you.
Incroyable ! Grandiose ! Fascinant ! Merci pour cette leçon de choses.Bravo.
That was absolutely phenomenal to watch! I plan to keep it saved so I can replay it in July & August! Thanks so much - 👍
Mesmerising!! And I didn't realise how thick the ice was!! Fantastic video xx
Thanks for taking the time to record this event. Most impressive. I was surprised at the number of people just walking by on the opposite river bank without taking the time to notice this happening. Again I thank you...HB
For those who don’t know were it is; it’s the Chaudière river downstream close to the St-Laurent river. South shore of Québec city in the province of Québec in Canada.
Thanks!
What an amazing moment, it has to be joyous watching the ice move in spring ❤️ I can't even imagine this!!
Thanks for sharing!
Je suis très impressionné par ce mélange de vie et de mort que dégage ce phénomène, inconnu chez nous.
C'est le miracle chaque année
That was strangely satisfying to watch thank you. Looks like you visited on the perfect day.
I was a little lucky
I am glad that person stepped into view to give a perspective as to the size of the ice.
I was going to write the same thing. But with that guy standing there, you get a glimpse into the power of water. We love water. If it doesn't move, we stalk it, then drink it. But, if it's moving we get afraid. Awesome. Thanks for posting such a spectacle. Merci.
@@kemosabi2237 Nature is in charge, we're just witnesses to its power.
Not sure why this popped up in my feed 3 years later but it is mesmerizing ! 15 minutes isn't long enough! plus it's great for my Tinnitus. Would love to see this area in the summer for perspective!
@Dale Mulins , see this video for a year round seing of the falls. ruclips.net/video/31XyJX8kxPw/видео.html
Mine also. November, 2022
You don't get a sense of perspective until the guy shows up later in the video, just amazing to see. Sadly none of that here to see in Australia, great video thanks
Merci de partager ces images, sur lesquelles je reviens de temps à autres, incluant les années précédentes. Votre contribution sur le phénomène des mouvements de glace sur la Chaudière est non seulement spectaculaire, mais elle constitue pratiquement un documentaire "historico-patrimonial", quand on pense aux relations que les riverains de la Chaudière peuvent avoir avec ce cours d'eau aux humeurs si variables, à la place de cette rivière dans l'imaginaire de ceux qui la connaissent. Merci encore, et à une autre année, j'espère.
Merci, d'avoir pris le temps d'écrire. J'ai quelques autres années dans mes vidéos, je devrais les mettre en ligne l'an prochain.
Voilà la vidéo de 1994 est prête : ruclips.net/video/evrWrwXVORw/видео.html
So relaxing to watch Mother Nature's power in the simple cycle of the season. Well done and thanks, Christian.
Did not realize the immensity of the flow until a man walks up to the guardrail. WOW
Thank you for this video! Most people never understand the power of nature, the energy released here is awesome!
Great ! job. Amazing video. Thank you, Sir for recording and sharing this with us and the world. It's worth knowing this happens and definitively, the next time I'm at a frozen river in spring, I will take safety precautions :). Thx so much and stay healthy.
J'ai réalisé la grandeur la l'événement lors que j'ai vu l'homme au côté. Merci d'avoir mis disponible ce védéo.
Thanking you for showing us one of the powerful cycles of nature. Comes the spring and ice return to water.
Charny is a town in Quebec, on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City.
This is the Chaudiere River, which flows past Charny.
Thanks. It's nice to have some sort of idea where this was :)
@@catclark9488 -- You're welcome. :)
Kevin Byrne Thanks from those of us who so not speak French, your comment helps a lot for most viewers understanding.
@@fasx56 -- You're welcome. :)
Awesome! Thanks for catching and sharing this magnificent footage! Cheers!
Wow that was amazing ! Nice steady camera work. Great Job !
Bravo au caméra man merci pour ce beau spectacle!
Super vidéo merci ! Bises de Toulouse (SO France)
here in New England (and elsewhere?) this is an annual Spring event that we call "ice out". It is when the weather has been a bit warmer for a long enough time for the integrity of the river ice to be shattered and so begins the actual Spring weather. One of the great dangers on some rivers is down stream where enormous ice dams occur. Great damage can occur where the water backs up and where the ice jam press on bridges etc. Here in Northern Massachusetts, it was an annual pilgrimage to go to the dam at Lowell MA on the Merrimac River when ice-out occurred.
Christian, je plaisante. J'ai beaucoup apprécié ton film!! Pardonne mon humour.
Je te pardonne. Merci de préciser
Tant mieux. Continue tes films. Merci beaucoup 👍👍👍
Great video. Watching from Dunedin,Florida, U.S.A.
It is always good to see the leaving of the winter ice pack on the river.
This was filmed on my 68th birthday, almost 6 years ago. Nice birthday present.
Ahah, a little late but always good, ice is less thick by today
Man ,i thought the icemachine in the fridge was loud!! Very good video thanks for sharing it !
thank you for making this video, very entertaining. Good camera work, and good editing.
I wonder how thick the ice is that we can see going over?
Great way to break the ice up to minimise damage downstream. I wonder if this type of weir was originally built to protect wooden hulled shipping? Or maybe just bridges downstream.
Ahh. Further down people have said 6-8’ think. Now that’s thick ice. Wow.
Ice thickness vary from the place they come, thicker by the river side (can go to 2 meters) and less than one meter in the middle were the main stream is.
Excellent, thankyou for sharing some of Nature in the Raw, such power, marvellous viewpoint.👍👌👍
WOW the incredible forces of nature. Awesome catch of video
Awesome video! Thanks for the upload. Spring is my favorite season because of scenes like this. This past year has been hard on everyone, a lot of loved ones lost. I hope this year brings much better times than we have been through, although it will continue to be sad times because of everyone we have lost. Hopefully our neighbors to the north will also have a much greater year. Stay safe everybody!
Hello from Russia, is it OK to feature your clip in a my chanel for educational purposes (so-called temporary copyright.)? You can stop me from using your content at any time and it will be deleted immediately.
It will be credited in the description & comments section with your name. Thanks,
Thanks for the interest in my video. I have to refuse your demand, i had bad experiences in the past with those kind of demand and i prefer to stay away from that. You can always refer to the original in your course, but your site does not seem to be in the same subject. Hi, to Russian who love winter.
@@ChristianBoutet everything is fine there are no problems
You seem to love truck, i will have a look to those
I want to open another channel about animals)
It is not easy, animal have their own agenda. Gook luck
WOW really memorizing that ice is so thick it's just Amazing
Anita from the U.K xx
I always wondered what happened to ice during the thawing season.
Of course much melts into runoff BUT I always wondered if there was a big initial release in warming weather conditions that lead to increased river capacity.
The main increase came from the melting of snow and rain, ice melt last.
👍 Sympa de nous faire partager, merci 😘
That was impressive. Love, and respect you Mother Nature.
grand merci de nous présenter ce spectacle
Merci beaucoup, c'est comme si on y était!
Cela me fait plaisir
Hé o c plate quand tu te fais inonder et que t’a une picine dans ton sous-sol
There is a creek in Stoney Creek Ontario where I grew up. Our house, among others was next to the creek. Spring thaw was on a much smaller sale than this, but amazing to see non the less. And very dangerous.
Merci, impressionnant pour nous qui n'avons pas eu de neige depuis 10 ans (Bretagne sud)
The man standing at the edge really gives perspective of how thick the ice is.
I was thinking exactly the same thing absolutely amazing
The Power of Nature. Nature will ALWAYS win. GREAT Video - Tanks for posting it. :-)
Whoooooaaaaa la merveille de la nature, magnifique 😍😍😍😍
Pretty well build all that stuff. Doesn't seem to even glitch under that wave of violence. Guys that build and designed this can be proud 👍
Nice recording and thanks for not shutting the camera off just as it got good like the last vid i watched
Très impressionnant !! Merci pour cette vidéo
Nothing is more fascinating than nature. Thanks for uploading.
That was absolutely mesmerizing! Thanks!
Really enjoyable video. You didn't keep swinging the camera round like some do, making me feel seasick. Really well filmed. Thank You for sharing. England 👍
Thanks for yours comments, ilt's appreciate
Wow what a scene! Go to 11:00 minutes and you will see how big these chunks can get compared to human body. Nothing can stop flowing waters. It explains how canyons got carved by water. Thanks for this video.
Tres beau e tres dramatique. Merci.
Amazing I’ve never seen anything like this. It would also be good to see it a bit further downstream too.
See my other video, like ruclips.net/video/Im2dVu4U2_w/видео.html
@@ChristianBoutet think they meant while the ice was flowing like that
Hypnotisch, sehr gute arbeit! 👍🏻
I'd love to witness this in real life one day! Great vid!
This is in my hometown and i have the chance to witness this every single year. And i can truly say that this is always a really impressive spectacle to watch 😁✌✌
@@BlindGuardian495 A nice reward for a long winter!!!
Wow that was some thick ice !, thanks for sharing.
You really get a crazy sense of the scale when that dude walks into the picture in the lower right corner at 10:26
Ice is 2m thick
Wow! Great Video. Some of the ice was 2 meters thick! Wow!
Very therapeutic and relaxing - thank you so much!
Merveille. Merci infiniment.
Absolut
As exhilarating and spectacular it may be, I would not fancy living close by with that noise lol
Awesome spectacle!!
Maybe I have OCD, but was anyone else waiting for the ice in the middle of the dam to fall over?
I tried using my finger on the screen, but it wouldn't budge!! Ha Ha.
I felt quite affectionate towards that lump of ice! It wasn't going to go easily.
@@prokkle looks like more lumps joined in solidarity at the end.
Fascinating. I used to be able to watch the Delaware River during its ice breakup.
Vivian Winford You used to be able to??? What happened?? Why can’t you still watch it?? Did you go blind and I’m being serious????
He obviously changed abodes. Different residences, Genius.
What amazed me was how thick the ice is!
Would have been nice to know what I was supposed to be looking for by the poster . I have to read the comments to find out.
New fear unlocked: Falling into a river with ice sheets as dense as concrete blocks.
No need to fear, you only need to be a little smarter than a block of ice.....
Hopefully that's not a problem 😊
@@seanb2604 It might be.
@@TheGadileck 😂
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL.
THANK YOU
I'm so glad that guy showed up in the bottom right. Until he appeared, I was estimating that the ice was about 1-2 feet thick. With him standing there, I'm thinking it's closer to 6 feet thick. Wow!
Same Here..i didint have sense to proportion until this guy showed on corner..wow..i actualy thing that average piece of ica is abouth 2 or 3 m in radius
Mitch Blackmore Ya really! That was a big deal for real... 6ft prob 8ft thick! That’s huge!
Makes me wonder how cold it must have been that winter, to freeze not just one river in Canada this size with chunks of ice at least two feet thick?
Usually the cold, can be as low than 35c some days but -20c is more usual. The ice is thicker by the side of the river, it can go as thick as 2 meters. It is what you see on the side near the end of the video.
Nice to see the scale [size] of the ice blocks when the guy appear on the river edge...
Merci pour le upload
Debacle | Definition of Debacle by Merriam-Webster
Definition of debacle. 1a : a great disaster. b : a complete failure : fiasco. 2 : a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river. 3 : a violent disruption (as of an army) : rout.
I was wondering what the video meant by 'debacle'. I didn't know the word is used for a 'breakup of ice in a river.' Now I do.
Neither did I, thanks for posting that Robert. I was almost going to comment on how this was no debacle but a thing of beauty but thankfully you pulled my foot from my mouth just in time.
Was wondering about that myself.
One of the meanings of débâcle is the melting of ice in a river in spring.
I'm so glad I can watch this from my nice hot desert.....
Thanks for sharing this impressive spectacle!
I wonder if this sight inspired Louise Penny's latest novel, A Greater Man? The background story is about flooding in Quebec due to the early breakup of ice on the rivieres.
Interesting, there is a lot of stories around the spring flooding.
Magnifique vidéo, merci
Merci,
Your videos are so beautiful to video. Reminder that Mother Nature is truly spectacular.
Spring has sprung. WOW! The ice started about 300mm thick but the later blocks must have been 3 to 4 meter thick. The weir was doing its job of breaking it all up into smaller pieces to speed thawing.
Incredible! Some of the slabs are so thick!
Impressionnant, elle va où toute cette eau et glace ?
Dans le fleuve Saint-Laurent à Lévis
@@ChristianBoutet Ok, et merci
To the people who see it every year, its called Breakup. Sometimes slow and gentle, sometimes a friggin' mess.
I have no idea why I watched the entire video but I did and I did enjoy it..... thanks
I love this. Thanks so much!
This is so cool to watch … pity there is nowhere in Australia where this happens 😢😭
What, Drop Bears and baby-eating Dingoes are not enough for you! ;)
No shouting, screaming or whooping. Great video.
Just a guess, but is that fall there to break up the ice?
No, this little dam is there to regulate the water flow for the electric powerhouse located on the up-rigth (we do not see it). But th e ice did break-up anyway, see other video of the falls