Deep Waters

"On the morning of June 11, 1978, 27 boys and 4 leaders from St. John’s School in Ontario set out on a canoeing expedition from the wharf at Timiskaming, Quebec, headed for James Bay along an old voyageurs’ route. The day was warm and they made good time by noon; but by evening the same day, all four canoes were overturned and floating aimlessly in the wind and 12 boys and one leader were dead. The rest huddled over a weak fire at the base of a cliff, waiting for the light of morning, and rescue."
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 (Submitted by Noel Tue Mar 9, 2004 )