(LAMBTON COUNTY, ON) The Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marine Unit was out patrolling the local waterways over the long weekend and reports that a contact they made with 3 people in a canoe may have saved lives.
On August 3, 2013 at around 3:00 p.m., the Lambton County OPP Marine Unit was patrolling on Lake Huron in the area of Brights Grove when they encountered a canoe about a mile off of shore with 2 adult males and a 9 year old boy in it. None of the occupants were wearing a personal floatation device (pfd), nor did they have the required safety equipment necessary for their vessel.
The OPP officers issued a ticket to one of the adults on the canoe for not having pfd’s on board and then loaned 3 OPP pfd’s to the occupants. As the canoe made its way to shore, the vessel was struck by a cross wave and capsized throwing all 3 occupants in the water. The borrowed pfd’s kept the 3 persons afloat while the OPP vessel was able to pick them and the canoe up and deliver them safely to shore.
There is no doubt in my mind that we prevented a tragedy on our waters that day
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