Colorado man drowns after canoe capsizes during storm in Boundary Waters
By FOX 9 Staff
ELY, Minn. (FOX 9) - A Colorado man died in an apparent drowning after his canoe capsized during a storm in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Monday morning.
According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, two men from Colorado were canoeing in East Loon Bay on Loon Lake when they ran into heavy rain and winds from a severe storm. Their canoe capsized from a wave and both men were thrown into the water.
One of the men, a 65-year-old from Grand Junction, was able to swim to shore with their gear while the other, identified as 73-year-old Wayne Morrow from Fort Lupton, stayed with their gear. When the 65-year-old returned, Morrow was missing.