Near misses-dear drowning

In more news, from a tourist town: Pair saves girl from drowning

"Quick action averted another tragic drowning this summer, according to Gravenhurst residents."

A middle-aged couple saved a girl from drowning on Aug. 15, 2009. Since 911 wasn't called, it won't hit the books. I think these incidents need to be documented. Warnings need to be given at tourist information booths and on website.

I've been tracking drownings, and accidents, (land, sea & air) in Muskoka, but these kinds of situation are the ones from which we must learn.
"According to nearby residents Mary and Terry Galbraith, a girl around eight years old was struggling beneath the water at the Church Street parkette."

In this case, again, people from out of town swimming in a place where the bottom drops off suddenly. Fortunately, this is a story of heroes, rather than another statistic.
At right, people swimming in Bala Falls, after the two drownings, in August, 2009.
What to do? What to do?

And another drowning...

Drowning in Seguin Township

"Pat Gaughan was on a fishing vacation with his family at a cottage in Seguin Township last week when they began to hear people screaming sometime."
Shortly after midnight, a young man drowned after going out in a canoe. August 20, 2009. That makes 11 this season.

Two were injured near Torrance, on highway #169 Aug. 21, 2009. They were sent to hospital.
Aug. 24, an impaired driver drove his vehicle into Loon Lake (where a man drowned: Be careful out there, On 01 August 2009). Around midnight, the witching hour.

The boat traffic is amazing and frightening...


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