The Lake Nipissing Search Blog

Anonymous said...

I was up at the search yesteday. They had about 60 volunteers. It was very well organized. We were divided up into teams and we walked the entire search area, from north of North Bay, through Calendar Bay and deep into South Bay. All the Manitou Islands were also walked. About 7 local boats also went out with volunteers and they covered all the shoreline as well, and all the islands in South Bay.

Hatzoloh also rented an airboat (one of those boats that look like they come from the Florida Everglades- big fan in the back) which covered all the marshes around Calendar Bay and even went up the La Vase river.

I spoke to someone from hatzoloh afterward and he told me that their search and rescue people have said that because Eli has not come up yet, he will likely not come up by himself anymore. That's why Hatzoloh will be relying less on volunteers to walk the shorelines, rather they will focus on having professionals come in with sonar equipment and divers. A professional sonar and dive team was there yesterday.