ICE ISN'T NICE

Members of the Snowmobile Policing Advisory Committee presented a demonstration water rescue of Thunder Bay Firefighter - snowmobiler Dennis Brescasin, Friday after a staged fall through the ice in Thunder Bay Harbour. Brescasin demonstrated the proper way to get out of the water by using ice picks, which should be carried by every sledder.

Firefighter Rod Hurdon demonstrated a second rescue of Brescasin with the aid of other firefighters. The exercise was meant to heighten awareness of the risks of snowmobiling on spring ice.

The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority has called ice conditions on local waterways "very dangerous."

as reported in the Chronicle Journal - March 13, 1999 - Thunder Bay

Kam River drowning under investigation
Study first to show where child drowning occurs
Child falls in the Neebing River
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Timely Warning: stay off the ice
Area ice conditions treacherous