Two paddlers are missing after two canoes went over a waterfall in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) on Saturday, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office.
Two missing after canoes went over Boundary Waters waterfall
A rescue squad is searching for two missing people after two canoes went over Curtain Falls in the BWCAW.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
May 20, 2024 at 2:20AM
The U.S. Forest Service closed parts of the Boundary Waters near the search site overnight Monday.
On Saturday around 7:20 p.m., a caller reported the canoes went over Curtain Falls, a waterfall between Crooked and Iron lakes on the Minnesota-Ontario border. The caller said two people were missing and at least one other person was badly injured.
After midnight, a Department of Natural Resources helicopter extracted an injured person and one person who was unhurt.
On Sunday, the St. Louis County Rescue Squad resumed search efforts for the two missing people.
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