SASKATOON Searchers say they found a man in an abandoned cabin with symptoms of hypothermia over the weekend. George Venne Jr. was last seen leaving a cabin on Besnard Lake on a snowmobile at about 10 a.m. on Saturday. At the time, the temperature in La Ronge was -33 C, but felt like -44 with the wind chill. The Lac La Ronge Indian Band sent out two searches from Sucker River to look for him. After a two-and-a-half hour trip to the area, they went out on snowmobiles at about 5 p.m., starting from his last known location. “It doesn’t matter how good of a bush man you are, you’ve got to watch out for Mother Nature. She’ll get you,” said Trevor Ratt, one of the searchers.
Northerner rescued from freezing temperatures
Northerners rallied Saturday to find a man stranded in frigid temperatures.
George Venne Jr. set out from a cabin at Besnard Lake Saturday morning. Yet, during his excursion, he experienced snowmobile issues.
He was forced to leave the broken-down machine and walk by foot to an abandoned cabin, which had no wood.
RCMP said at approximately 5PM a local search and rescue team was comprised and set out to locate Venne. Venne would be located a few hours later by two men from Sucker River, identified by Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson as, Trevor Ratt and Jason Halkett.