The power of nature. I could bring a chair and watch this for hours.

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

What an amazing moment, it has to be joyous watching the ice move in spring ❤️ I can't even imagine this!! Thanks for sharing!

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.

That was absolutely phenomenal to watch! I plan to keep it saved so I can replay it in July & August! Thanks so much - 👍

There is something mesmerizing about the video. I could watch it for hours. Spring thaw, and ice out.

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!

Incroyable ! Grandiose ! Fascinant ! Merci pour cette leçon de choses.Bravo.

Did not realize the immensity of the flow until a man walks up to the guardrail. WOW

So relaxing to watch Mother Nature's power in the simple cycle of the season. Well done and thanks, Christian.

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

Thank you for this video! Most people never understand the power of nature, the energy released here is awesome!

I am glad that person stepped into view to give a perspective as to the size of the ice.

That was strangely satisfying to watch thank you. Looks like you visited on the perfect day.

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.

Tout semblait si calme et puis...quelles images de puissance!

Thanking you for showing us one of the powerful cycles of nature. Comes the spring and ice return to water.

Je suis très impressionné par ce mélange de vie et de mort que dégage ce phénomène, inconnu chez nous.

That was absolutely mesmerizing! Thanks!

Merveille. Merci infiniment.

J'ai réalisé la grandeur la l'événement lors que j'ai vu l'homme au côté. Merci d'avoir mis disponible ce védéo.

Mesmerising!! And I didn't realise how thick the ice was!! Fantastic video xx

La glace est beaucoup plus épaisse que je l'imaginais ! Merci pour la vidéo.

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!

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.

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.!! 😁✌✌👍

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

Very therapeutic and relaxing - thank you so much!

I love this. Thanks so much!

Superbe vidéo, merci pour partager tant de beauté avec tous.

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU

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!

Merci, impressionnant pour nous qui n'avons pas eu de neige depuis 10 ans (Bretagne sud)

Nothing is more fascinating than nature. Thanks for uploading.

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 !

Excellent, thankyou for sharing some of Nature in the Raw, such power, marvellous viewpoint.👍👌👍

Whoooooaaaaa la merveille de la nature, magnifique 😍😍😍😍

Très impressionnant !! Merci pour cette vidéo

Merci pour le upload

grand merci de nous présenter ce spectacle

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 👍

What amazed me was how thick the ice is!

The man standing at the edge really gives perspective of how thick the ice is.

The Power of Nature. Nature will ALWAYS win. GREAT Video - Tanks for posting it. :-)

WOW really memorizing that ice is so thick it's just Amazing Anita from the U.K xx

Bravo au caméra man merci pour ce beau spectacle!

You really get a crazy sense of the scale when that dude walks into the picture in the lower right corner at 10:26

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.

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.

That was impressive. Love, and respect you Mother Nature.

Tres beau e tres dramatique. Merci.

Man ,i thought the icemachine in the fridge was loud!! Very good video thanks for sharing it !

To the people who see it every year, its called Breakup. Sometimes slow and gentle, sometimes a friggin' mess.

thank you for making this video, very entertaining. Good camera work, and good editing.

Magnifique vidéo, merci

Awesome! Thanks for catching and sharing this magnificent footage! Cheers!

👍 Sympa de nous faire partager, merci 😘

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!

I love this video. I can watch it for hours😍

Absolutely amazing.

Merveilleux!!!….un gros merci…

Merci beaucoup, c'est comme si on y était!

I'm so glad I can watch this from my nice hot desert.....

Wow that was amazing ! Nice steady camera work. Great Job !

Great video. Watching from Dunedin,Florida, U.S.A.

Nice recording and thanks for not shutting the camera off just as it got good like the last vid i watched

Y. GRACIAS. A AL CRADOR. QUE ES EL QUE SUSTIENE. LA NATURALEZA. ESE. DIOS MARAVILLOSO. QUÉ DA. LA. LLUVIA.Y RIEGA TODA LA. TIERRA. PARA QUE. HAIGA ALIMENTÓ..DIOS. EL CUIDA DE SU. CREACIÓN..AMÉN.

I have no idea why I watched the entire video but I did and I did enjoy it..... 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.

Brilliant stuff! Thank you.

This is so cool to watch … pity there is nowhere in Australia where this happens 😢😭

Super vidéo merci ! Bises de Toulouse (SO France)

Thanks for sharing this impressive spectacle!

Nature is such a beautiful thing!

Incredible big well and many thanks for sharimg

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.

WOW the incredible forces of nature. Awesome catch of video

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.

Piękny widok, mógłbym tam stać z Tobą podziwiać to zjawisko👍

Fascinating. I used to be able to watch the Delaware River during its ice breakup.

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.

Incredible! Some of the slabs are so thick!

Podría pasarme un día entero ahí simplemente sentada y mirando, admirando, escuchando y flipando. Pd: Es lo mejor cuando en tu país ( España ) estamos en la enésima ola de calor 🥵

This is very relaxing for me. Thank you.

Wow that was some thick ice !, thanks for sharing.

Imagine--that current and the waterfall is crunching up 7-10 foot thick ice floes like potato chips!

I don't know why this is so satisfying to watch. It's really pissa.

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.

I'd love to witness this in real life one day! Great vid!

Incredible!!! The person later shows the scale of this. Wow.

Your videos are so beautiful to video. Reminder that Mother Nature is truly spectacular.

Baie dankie. Merci Beaucoup. The power of the 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.

Hypnotisch, sehr gute arbeit! 👍🏻

That was amazing! Wow!

Here in NZ we never see anything like this. It's fascinating.

Christian, je plaisante. J'ai beaucoup apprécié ton film!! Pardonne mon humour.

The short glimpse of the nonchalant ice flow walking gulls near the end is hysterical.

Best video on KZfaq. You win. 👍