One person was taken to hospital after an early morning rescue.
The Joint Rescue Coordinator Centre says around 1 a.m. JRCC received a call from North Bay OPP for assistance of 424 Squadron to rescue a boater who was stranded on a shore of a river near Thistle Lake.
A Griffon helicopter and search and rescue technicians arrived at 4 a.m. and found the stranded boater in good condition. found the boater stranded at the bottom of rapids.
The Griffon couldn’t land because of the unsuitable terrain and a high altitude rescue was performed, hoisting the patient into the helicopter and safely transporting him to West Nipissing General Hospital.
A link to the video can be found here.
