Police say it’s likely someone went through the ice on the Kaministiquia River in the past 24 hours, but it appears whoever it was got out on their own.
Const. Julie Tilbury of the Thunder Bay Police Services is urging anyone who might have been in the area recently to come forward so they can officially close the case.
The call came just before 1 p.m. on Thursday, reporting a hole in the ice with tracks leading to the water’s edge near the Mountdale Road boat launch.
“Apparently some people were down here at lunchtime, observed a hole in the ice and observed what they believe to be tracks. A search of the area has been done by fire rescue, with negative results,” Tilbury said.
“Thunder Bay police are asking if anyone was down here today, or in the last 24 hours and went through the ice, to give us a call so we can clear this incident and make sure there is no other searching we should be doing.”
Tilbury said it’s hard to say how fresh the hole in the thinner-than-usual ice cover on the river is.
“Right now they’ve checked the area and with the weather conditions, it’s hard to tell. However right now they do believe somebody may have walked out on the ice, possibly fallen through and they believe this person has come back out of the area.”
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