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Wolfe Frees Trapped Boats

On May 2, 1963, fighting her way through high winds, a rain storm and heavy ice, the icebreaker CCGS Wolfe, reached the

side of the three Island lobster fishing boats trapped in ice off Basin Head.

The six men, cold and hungry, after their 18 hour ordeal during which the danger was always present that their boats would be crushed by the treacherous ice, were taken aboard the Wolfe for

some warm food and a rest before starting the trip into Souris behind the ice breaker.

The three boats were proceeding for North Lake, to await the opening of the lobster season on May 6th.

The men who reached safety were:

The late Alfred Sorrey Montague David Johnson Montague Joe Dingwell Fortune John Donovan Fortune Andrew MacEachern Big Pond

"Keeny" Peters Bear River