Two Ontario Provincial Police helicopters successfully evacuated and transported 23 people to safety after the ice shelf they were standing on drifted out into Georgian Bay, near Owen Sound, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police photo
The Ontario Provincial Police rescued 23 fishermen this weekend after the ice shelf they were standing on broke away from the shore, stranding them in the middle of Georgian Bay.
Officers responded to reports of several people stranded two kilometres from shore after the ice shelf detached from the Balmy Beach coastline north of Owen Sound, Ont., just before noon on March 8, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said in a social media post.
