Man falls through thin ice, drowns

[Butch Moore]

Man falls through thin ice, drowns

By Katie Camire , Staff Writer
Monday, January 1, 2007

RANGELEY - A man drowned in Rangeley Lake on Sunday morning after falling through the thin sheet of ice covering the lake.

Warden Sgt. John Blagdon of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said neighbors reported a man drowning about halfway between Naramantic Island and the shore of the lake at 9:40 a.m.

http://www.sunjournal.com/story/192619-3/RiverValley/Man_falls_through_thin_ice_drowns/

[Butch Moore]

Poet Hugh Ogden Dies
Trinity Professor Drowns In Maine
January 2, 2007
By PETER MARTEKA, Courant Staff Writer
 
GLASTONBURY -- Over the years, Hugh Ogden built various cabins on an island in Maine's Rangeley Lake. He described the island as a place where he "could hear the voices that call me to poems."

www.courant.com

[bigfish57]

Thats really sad, and I feel for his family.

This makes an important point, it could happen to any of us so be SAFE on your adventures.