North End power outage

Hydro has arrived with a boat - on Dec 27 - to restore power to the north end. We did have strong winds yesterday.
Snowmobile season? Will there be one? Any memories that recall the date it took the longest for the lake to freeze? January?
A year ago yesterday, we also had water. That's when the lake had been frozen and then thawed for the day. Today - still very much water.