3 missing tubers found safe after 7-hour search

Three people reported missing east of Kejimkujik National Park on Saturday were located by a Cormorant helicopter around2 a.m. Sunday.

According to Cpl.Chris Marshall of the RCMP, the people, who were unfamiliar with the area, set off to tube down the Pleasant River nearNew Elm Road,a remote area about 30 minutes west of Bridgewater, N.S.

When they failed to meet up with a group waiting to pick them up near Molega Lake,a report was made to the RCMPat 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Marshall said RCMP from LunenburgDistrict and Queens District were mobilized, along witha number of local fire departments and local ground search and rescue teams.

A Cormorant helicopter was alsodispatched by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre.

The helicopter located the trio after a seven-hour-search, though Marshall was unable to provide the exact location where they were found.

"Everybody was uninjured, just a bit shaken up, but nothing too significant," he said, "and our members drove them all home, and that was kind of the end of it."