Two Lost Hikers Found in Lewis Hills

Two hikers, a 65-year-old man and a 39-year-old-woman, were rescued safe and sound after becoming lost in the Lewis Hills, near Fox Island River.

On Wednesday morning RCMP police received a report from the hiker’s designated contact person stating they were missing after failing to show up at the designated check-in point.

The Stephenville, Kippens and Port au Port Ground Search and Rescue (GSAR) were called to assist and quickly mobilized volunteer searchers who worked together with the hiker’s contact person to obtain additional knowledge of the trail. GSAR left the area of Cold Brook on all-terrain-vehicles and travelled almost 29 kilometres before continuing the search on foot for another five hours over very difficult and challenging terrain.

GSAR located both hikers, safe and sound, at approximately 6:00 p.m., and returned to the Search and Rescue command post later that evening. The man was sent to the hospital in Stephenville for medical assessment.