*** Four Teens return Safe & Sound - but a Little Poorer ***

6th August 1997

Halifax Regional Search and Rescue received a callout from Lower Sackville
R.C.M.P. at 1:06 pm on Tuesday August 5. Overdue were four teenagers (two
males and two females). The initial call came from one of the boys fathers
who noted that they were due back at 8:00 am from a stay at a Cabin on
McCabe Lake north of Sackville. Currently there is a ban on any woods
travel and open fires in all of Nova Scotia due to the unprecedented
dryness.

The R.C.M.P. initial investigation had checked out the cabin and had found
no trace of the subjects. R.C.M.P. I/C Everette Densmore and HRSAR Search
Manager Tony Rodgers had just got Team Members tasked out to hasty search
the trails leading to the lake and the surrounding shores when at 3:16 pm
they were spotted exiting a trail to where their vehicle was parked. 

An interview following the search revealed they had gone in to the cabin
the day before and were unable to locate it. They ended up spending the
night in the woods, but found the cabin the next day. Rather than return
for 8:00 am they decided to remain for the day and consume their liquid
refreshments. The R.C.M.P. gave them the option of accepting a charge for
being in the woods when they were not supposed to be ($565) or having open
liquor while being underage ($365).  

Thanks goes out to Halifax Regional Search and Rescue and Lower Sackville
R.C.M.P..

For further information contact Blair Doyle at "adventur@atcon.com"

Safety Officer
Halifax Regional Search and Rescue
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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