B.C. RCMP team helps rescue 12 stranded kayakers near U.S. border

RCMP Help Rescue 12 Kayakers, Including 6 Children, Off Coast of Washington State

A B.C. RCMP team helped the U.S. Coast Guard rescue a group of kayakers, including six children, off the coast of Washington state. RCMP say they received a call from the Coast Guard around 1:50 p.m. on Aug. 15, asking for assistance answering a distress call from a group of kayakers. The group of 12 people from two families were on six kayaks and needed rescuing near Patos Island and Sucia Island, according to RCMP. “The RCMP Federal Policing –…

RCMP help rescue distressed kayakers, including 6 children off Washington coast

Members of the RCMP Shiprider program helped rescued a dozen distressed kayakers – half of them children – off the coast of Washington state on Thursday.

RCMP help rescue 12 kayakers in distress near Canada-U.S. border

2 families had gone off on an overnight kayak trip in the San Juan Islands

RCMP help rescue 12 kayakers in distress near B.C.-Washington border

2 families had gone off on an overnight kayak trip in the San Juan Islands

B.C. RCMP team helps rescue 12 stranded kayakers near U.S. border

SURREY — An RCMP team patrolling the waters near the border between Canada and the United States helped rescue a group of 12 kayakers, including six children. British Columbia RCMP says in a release that a team conducting patrols as part of the Canada-U.S. Shiprider program were alerted Thursday by a U.S. Coast Guard broadcast. […]