Anyone else here from "The County"? Just found this site and forum yesterday and looking forward to building my first outdoor rink next season since it is too late now, but I do have a nice big pond in my backyard also, but also have about 1.5 acres of almost perfectly flat grass which I p...

Awesome! 100x40 is mighty big by backyard rink standards. When the ice is nice you'll be in heaven, but just be sure you'll have the free time to shovel/snowblow, resurface, and care for it. Don't want to dissuade you, but definitely don't want you to have a bad experience also. Welcome to the site...

Welcome to the site. I know there are several other members living near or 'on' Lake Ontario so I'm sure you'll cross paths with some 'neighbours' at some point. 40'x100' would be a nice sized rink. I know that PEC is right in the old 'banana belt' near Kingston so does the pond freeze solid enough...