Lake of the woods drowning

get off the lakes!!! 2 more rescues at Red in the last day also, Very Sad

Sad news. I remember when I use to go to the lake of the woods often in the 90’s. There was a Bombardier that went thru the ice with a group of senior citizens. I believe several, if not all of them died. The resort owner where I use to stay at was one of the 1st people who arrived at the scene. He said it was a really sad deal. If I remember correctly the owner of the other resort the people where staying at was the driver of the Bombardier. I believe he closed the resort soon after the accident and moved away from the area. I use to be rather scared riding in those things up there after that.

Sad, wonder which resort it was? I heard that Flag Island shut their doors around a month ago for the winter.
It’s crazy that the handfull of Bombardiers up there dont have some kind of inflatable style floatation device to deploy if they fall through since there main purpose is to haul people around.

fishthumper wrote:

Sad news. I remember when I use to go to the lake of the woods often in the 90’s. There was a Bombardier that went thru the ice with a group of senior citizens. I believe several, if not all of them died. The resort owner where I use to stay at was one of the 1st people who arrived at the scene. He said it was a really sad deal. If I remember correctly the owner of the other resort the people where staying at was the driver of the Bombardier. I believe he closed the resort soon after the accident and moved away from the area. I use to be rather scared riding in those things up there after that.

i know a guy that was in a bombardier that went through on LOTW many years ago. him and his wife were able to get out but some of the others did not. very sad deal

Jason wrote:

Sad, wonder which resort it was? I heard that Flag Island shut their doors around a month ago for the winter.
It’s crazy that the handfull of Bombardiers up there dont have some kind of inflatable style floatation device to deploy if they fall through since there main purpose is to haul people around.

from the picture i saw it did not sink but the people were trapped inside or underneath it.

Jason wrote:

It’s crazy that the handfull of Bombardiers up there dont have some kind of inflatable style floatation device to deploy if they fall through since there main purpose is to haul people around.

The Resort owner we use to use on LOTW had a Rack on the front and Back of his Bombardier that has stacked stryofoam sheets. he said it probably would not keep it afloat but he hoped it would delay it from sinking long enough to get people out. He said he hoped it never got tested.

Looks like it didn’t sink to the bottom

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I had considered going up to Oak Island this week and getting picked up at Young’s Bay. Very sad deal.

Sounds like the accident occurred near Flag Island

Thoughts and prayers go out to the families during this time!

Coletrain27 wrote:

Looks like it didn’t sink to the bottom

Wow, that’s terrible. What a brutal way to go out. Absolutely terrible.

D*mn… life can be real harsh and unforgiving. Know a guy who was just up there end of last week who was apparently goi g to go to red before a last minute change of plans. Made a joke when I saw him tues “heard you and your buddies decided to go for a swim!” He said wasnt us, and proceeded to explain how they went to lotw, where there were still broken up rough ice sheets as well as visible open water not too far out. Claimed there were machines with castles/Perms running around like crazy at that point. Sad story and definitely horrifying.