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kayaker performing a canoe rescue on Opeongo Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park

Peter-CKM

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Story from the rescuer from a group of kayakers of an incident where one canoeist from a group of canoeists died, but others were rescued.
www.kpwoutdoors.com

OPEONGO LAKE RESCUE OCTOBER 10TH, 2020

My husband Glenn Wallace and I were involved in a canoe rescue on Opeongo Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park on October 10th, 2020. The press release to the media can be found here. The media...
www.kpwoutdoors.com
 
Peter- Thanks for posting that link.
It is a sobering read. There are a lot of very thoughtful comments as well, below the post about the rescues.
As I read of Glenn Wallace's very competent (almost heroic) rescue work, I was wondering if I would have been as capable, and the answer was humbling: "Very probably not".
Food for thought, for sure.
 
Thanks for the link, always important to remember to know your abilities and live within them. A lot of preparedness and experience involved in this rescue that few could reproduce.
 
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