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Coast Guard searching for 2 adults, 1 child in Lake Superior

September 18, 2016

SAULT STE MARIE, Michigan — U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard crews are searching the waters of Lake Superior and the Keweenaw Peninsula Sunday for two adults and one child  who went missing Saturday night in the vicinity of the East Portage Canal of Houghton-Hancock, Michigan.

The adults' and child’s names are not being released at this time.

Coast Guard crews responded Saturday night after receiving a report that the group had missed a fish fry they were supposed to attend that evening. The boat’s trailer and truck were found at the marina.

Searching are crews from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Coast Guard Station Portage, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and an aircrew from the Canadian Coast Guard.

If the public has any information about this case, please contact Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie Command Center at 906-635-3233.

More information will be released as it becomes available. 

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