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UPDATE–The Canadian Coast Guard is providing assistance to the U.S. Coast Guard, Michigan State Police, Michigan DNR, along with local sheriff and fire departments in the effort to find three missing boaters.
Authorities are looking near the town of Gay to the Keweenaw Bay, down to Baraga and even as far as the Huron Mountains.
The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for them for nearly 20 hours. With all of their resources in the air and on the ground, they’ve covered 1,500 square miles.
If anyone has any information about the missing boaters, you’re asked to contact the Michigan State Police Calumet Post at (906) 337-2211.
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Authorities in the Copper Country are looking for three people who never returned from a fishing trip Saturday afternoon on Lake Superior.
Troopers with the Michigan State Police Calumet Post say a 61-year-old Atlantic Mine man launched a 16-foot craft from the Portage Entry in Chassell early Saturday afternoon. A 43-year-old Ishpeming man and his nine-year-old son accompanied the man on a fishing trip.
When the trio did not return after dark, family members contacted authorities. An extensive search is currently being conducted.
Authorities have not yet located the party. Police are asking anyone with information about the missing trio to contact the Michigan State Police Calumet Post at (906) 337-2211.
