Author Topic: CANYON FERRY CLOSED 1 MISSING (Read 5795 times)

NONYA · « **on:** Feb 19, 2011, 09:22 PM »

Anyone have any details on this?
http://helenair.com/news/article_552ae8b2-3c8f-11e0-a635-001cc4c03286.html

freezeoutfisherman · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 19, 2011, 09:28 PM »

I am also curious

Icejigs · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 19, 2011, 09:39 PM »

go to KXLH.com, small article on the accident. 3 rescued, 1 missing.

NONYA · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 19, 2011, 09:51 PM »

http://www.kxlh.com/home/

NONYA · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 19, 2011, 10:18 PM »

Just got a call from a friend who lives near Silos,the missing man is their neighbor Greg Elliot.Prayers going out for his family,it could happen to any of us and its a sad situation when it does,be safe out there!

onpoint · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 19, 2011, 10:20 PM »

Broadwater County Undersheriff Wynn Meehan reports that one man is missing after his truck crashed through the ice while fishing on Canyon Ferry Lake on Saturday afternoon.

At around 2 pm the truck fell through the ice about a mile off the North Silos boat dock. Three other people were in the vehicle. Ice fishermen recovered them from the water before law enforcement arrived at the scene.

Emergency personnel took an adult male and young boy to the Townsend Hospital. We have no report of their condition at this time. The adult woman in the crash was not seriously injured.

Divers with Lewis & Clark County and Broadwater County Search and Rescue teams spent the afternoon searching for the man, but had to call it off for the night. The search will resume tomorrow.

Another truck fell through the ice at about 5 pm on Saturday, but no one was seriously injured.

Lewis & Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton reports the Silos area of Canyon Ferry is closed until the ice thickens.

streamside · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 19, 2011, 10:43 PM »

There are no words, drove out there all the time in my youth. Prayers and be safe everyone.

icechick · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 19, 2011, 11:26 PM »

My thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time. This is extremly sad. Every body stay safe out there on the ice.....

iceholer · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 19, 2011, 11:42 PM »

we'll miss you greg are thoughts go out to your famly

fish to live · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 20, 2011, 10:54 AM »

This is most defiantly a tragedy, best wishes to the family and loved ones

Tinker · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 20, 2011, 12:01 PM »

Always unbuckle the kids and role down the windows if your gonna drive on the ice. I haven't been as brave on the ice this year as I went in up to my armpits earlier this year. Be safe out there, you can always fish another day, no reason to take chances. My condolences to the family and friends.

Bullelk34 · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 20, 2011, 02:07 PM »

Quote from: NONYA on Feb 19, 2011, 10:18 PM

Just got a call from a friend who lives near Silos,the missing man is their neighbor Greg Elliot.Prayers going out for his family,it could happen to any of us and its a sad situation when it does,be safe out there!

This really sucks. Did you know him Nonya? If you want to take up a collection for the family count me in for some money. And so true, this could have been any one of us.

fishinwithbrittanies · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 20, 2011, 02:59 PM »

My condolences to family and friends

bowhtr · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 20, 2011, 04:58 PM »

I know the feeling of going through the ice first hand and it’s not good. My thoughts and prayers go out to your family.

fishforfood72 · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 20, 2011, 05:15 PM »

Tragedy it is, be safe and best of wishes to there family and friends.

freezeoutfisherman · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 20, 2011, 05:46 PM »

My regards and prayers out to all friends and family.

Quantoson · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 20, 2011, 06:28 PM »

Seriously hurts me deep. I'm not religious but maybe they are, their God bless them.

fishhunter85 · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 20, 2011, 07:54 PM »

Prayers for Greg and his family!

fishin247 · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 20, 2011, 09:29 PM »

Words fail me right now. Hoping for a miracle, but not expecting it. Thinking of the family.

Skookum · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 20, 2011, 11:00 PM »

Bad News, everyone be safe. Sympathy to the family.

Jim F · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 21, 2011, 06:15 AM »

Greg used to circle track race with us here in Kalispell before moving east.
Condolences to the family

oldschoolben · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 21, 2011, 07:55 AM »

thanks to the man who helped them out of the water good job whoever you are

NONYA · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 21, 2011, 08:25 AM »

Quote from: Bullelk34 on Feb 20, 2011, 02:07 PM

This really sucks. Did you know him Nonya? If you want to take up a collection for the family count me in for some money. And so true, this could have been any one of us.

I have talked to him out on the ice before,I dont know his family.Im sure they will have some sort of fundraiser for them down at the Silos store.

TinaG · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 21, 2011, 09:19 AM »

Newer Report

Montana Man Missing After Vehicle Falls Through Ice

By Associated Press , 02-20-11
TOWNSEND – Officials searched Sunday for the body of a man whose vehicle went through the ice on Canyon Ferry Lake, the first of two that ended up in the water at the western Montana fishing spot within hours of each other.

Gregory Elliott, 51, of Townsend, was one of three people inside the vehicle when it broke through the ice Saturday afternoon. The vehicle went down in about 32 feet of water, about a mile offshore.

Another man and a 12-year-old boy were pulled out but Elliott couldn't be saved, Broadwater County Undersheriff Wynn Meehan said.

"He came up twice and went straight back down, and we haven't seen him since," said Meehan.

A truck also went through the ice three hours later as the driver was on the phone with a deputy attempting to find a safe route off the frozen lake. The men in the truck survived, but a dog trapped inside died.

Meehan said the ice on that portion of the lake has been closed to motor vehicles.

He said about 200 to 300 people were on the ice either fishing or recreating that day, but pressure ridges bracketed the area. Many people decided to leave after the first vehicle went through.

Meehan said Sunday would be the last day of searching for Elliott's due to limitations on how far divers could venture from a hole cut in the ice where the truck went through. He said finding bodies in the 34-mile-long lake can be difficult.

"Even right now, a recovery is going to be tough," he said. "The water is murky, they're real close to the river channel. I know of two people we haven't been able to recover out there."

He said a vehicle went through the ice last week as well, but that despite the danger, great fishing was luring anglers out on the lake.

iceholer · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 21, 2011, 10:08 AM »

Quote from: oldschoolben on Feb 21, 2011, 07:55 AM

thanks to the man who helped them out of the water good job whoever you are

his wife was following behind in another truck she helped the other two out but couldnt get to greg verry sad day for all

fishawn · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 21, 2011, 12:57 PM »

Very sad day for all fello fisherman when the ice takes someone like that. My deepest regards and wishes to his family.

Man, I hope the story isn't true that he was trying to cross a pressure ridge with his truck! Those are dangerous from walking traffic to quads, and especially heavy vehicles.

mackdog75 · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 21, 2011, 02:36 PM »

Its a sad day to lose someone out on the ice. Best wishes to his family and friends.

fishjunkie · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 21, 2011, 05:33 PM »

my prayers got out to the family

Robbi · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 21, 2011, 08:11 PM »

OMG, His wife was there and witnessed the whole ordeal?? May God give her peace at this time and my prayers go out to all family/friends that have been effected by this tragedy.

CLUB 32 · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 21, 2011, 09:54 PM »

Very tragic to say the least. My prayers go out to the family. Please be safe everybody.

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Author Topic: CANYON FERRY CLOSED 1 MISSING (Read 5795 times)

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