U.S. travellers rescued in Northwest Territories after grizzly bear destroys canoe, RCMP say

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The campers managed to stay clear of the bear until officers with the territory’s Environment and Natural Resources department rescued them by helicopter

Mounties say a pair of American travellers had to be rescued from the Northwest Territories wilderness after a grizzly bear destroyed their canoe.

The man and woman used a communication device to send their location to the International Emergency Response Coordination Center run by a Texas monitoring company.The campers then managed to stay clear of the bear until officers with the territory’s Environment and Natural Resources department rescued them by helicopter the next day.The animal was killed and the campers were safely brought back to Yellowknife.

 

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