Been a long time since I've drifted there, but, I recommend going with some one who knows the drifts and how to control the boat or with a guide the first time. The first trips there are learning experiences . I'd launch at Queenston.
Closing for a year or rotating an open season on a yearly basis would be a hit or miss deal. if walleye production is anything like Lake Erie they get a really good spawn and hatch every 3 or 4 years and it is that one age class that drives the fishery until the next good reproduction season.
Looking back , I amazed we even caught any fish in the 50's and 60's without the GPS, depth finders, electric trolling motors . direct drive, thumb buster casting reels, Mitchell 300's and other antiquated gear.
There is a medical condition known as chilblains that you can get from repeated exposure to cold feet, trust me you don't want to develop it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilblains
There wouldn't be docks were I am speaking of, we'd park and sleep right at the famous Legion Hole, one bridge above HWY.26, fish the waters of Beautiful Joe Park or upstream on the Bighead Conservation Area Land
In the eighties, we all had vans and campers on pickups and slept right in the park at the dam. Same deal at Beautiful Joe Park at the legion on the Bighead.
I don't deep wade when it get real cold so I use a pair of real oversize boot foot hip waders with a felt liner. Not great for walking but works for putting a foot in to land a fish or if the water rises like it is prone to do on the Niagara. Too old to go anything more than kneedeep especially in winter. Surprised I got here after some of the dumb sheet I did wading when younger.
Didn't they launch the Do Little Raid, B-25's off a aircraft carrier and bombed Tokyo very early in the war, the first year, I don't think a land base was really necessary.
years ago people used to swear by Avon Skin So Soft, not the first time a women's product has been used, I sure that Victoria's stuff would be too pricey
yes , usually glass with a yellow and blue label
https://www.google.ca/search?q=6-12+mosquito+repellent&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIo8azwfyXyQIViTweCh3y6Q6y#tbm=isch&q=6-12+insect+repellent
As a kid we swore by stuff called 6-12 think it was made by Union Carbide, worked great until they found it caused birth defects and all sorts of nasty stuff. taken off the market.