Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
UPDATE #2: The two missing men have been located and the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (CCGA) is on the way to pick them up.
A CASARA flight located the two men on shore and were able to relay their location to Joint Rescue Coordination Centre(JRCC). A JRCC plane was able to drop a communication device to the two men and confirmed that they are both alive and doing ok under the circumstances. A CCGA boat is en route to pick up them and reunite them with their families. It is expected that they will be back in Yellowknife in a few hours.
The RCMP would like to thank the volunteers from CASARA and CCGA for their dedication and tireless efforts during search operations.
UPDATE #1: Air operations were undertaken by CASARA throughout the day with negative result. CASARA aircraft patrolled over West Mirage Islands, the eastern shore from Dettah to East Arm and on the western shore from Yellowknife to Trout Rock.
The Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary went to the Mirage Islands and conducted a more thorough search of the area. There has been no sign of the missing men to date.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton has been engaged and is dispatching a Hercules aircraft to assist with the search. This aircraft will allow a search of a larger area. Additional search operations will continue into tomorrow.
ORIGINAL RELEASE FOLLOWS:
Yellowknife NT, October 13th, 2023
On October 12th, 2023, the Yellowknife RCMP received a complaint indicating that two boaters had not returned from a boating trip on Great Slave Lake. A 65-year-old man and a 51-year-old man, were expected to return in the early evening of October 12th. A Canadian Coast Guard vessel was deployed to search for the boaters into the early morning hours of October 13th. The weather conditions including fog and high winds and poor visibility, forced the search to end around 4:15 am. Later on the 13th, CASARA and the Canadian Coast Guard launched additional search efforts. The men or the boat that they were travelling in have not been located despite an extensive search by air and water. The men had intended to go on an afternoon trip to a commercial fishing area near Post Island. Family and friends indicated that the men may have tried to head to a cabin near the “Old Mink Farm” but no trace of them has been located. Additional aerial searches are planned for tomorrow, October 14th, 2023.
Anyone who may be on the water in these areas over the weekend, is asked to report any sightings of the boat or any trace of the missing men to the Yellowknife RCMP.