2 Canadians Rescued by US Coast Guard While Stranded on Frozen Ontario Lake

In this Feb. 6, 2014 aerial photo is the ice covered St. Clair River with the Canadian shoreline on the left. This winter has been so bitterly cold for so long that the sprawling Great Lakes, which hold nearly one-fifth of the surface fresh water in the world, may freeze over for the first time in two decades. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued two Canadians stranded on cracked ice in Lake St. Clair, which is divided between Michigan and Ontario.

The rescue occurred Feb. 24 in the municipality of Belle River, Ont., which is located about 30 kilometres east of Windsor, when two men on a four-wheeler became stranded out on the ice of the lake.