Sarnia, Ontario – On Tuesday August 29 the Canadian Coast Guard successfully located four hikers who had lost their way along the Lighthouse Trail at Killarney. The Ontario Provincial Police requested assistance via the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton Ontario.
The Coast Guard’s inshore rescue boat crew stationed at Britt was tasked to search for 3 females, one male and their dog. “We located them at Tar Vat Bay,” said Keith Pettinger, coxswain of the Britt Inshore Rescue Boat crew. “It was a challenge to get in there to the shore where they were waiting. It is a very rocky area.”
The Coast Guard brought the group aboard their fast rescue craft and transported them back to Killarney. All were in good condition.
About the CCG’s Inshore Rescue Boat program:
The Canadian Coast Guard hires and trains post-secondary students each year to become members of Inshore Rescue Boat crews. The students form part of the Canadian Coast Guard’s search and rescue operations during the peak summer months, responding mostly to pleasure craft incidents. In Ontario, the Coast Guard has six Inshore Rescue Boat stations:
on Georgian Bay (Britt on Gereaux Island and Brebeuf Island);
at Port Lambton on the St. Clair River;
at the Thames River at Lake St. Clair;
at Long Point on Lake Erie;
and on Hill Island on the St. Lawrence River.
