CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MI-- Seven people were rescued from a sinking boat in Chippewa County Sunday.
Sheriff’s deputies say around 8:40 p.m. they and the Coast Guard were called to Lake George off of Sugar Island. A 30-foot wooden boat with seven passengers was taking on water. It was about a mile and a half from shore off of Hay Point.
Just before patrol boats reached the scene some local boaters were able to get the passengers to Sugar Island. None of them needed medical attention.
Officers found the boat sunk in about five feet of water.
Deputies are reminding boaters to have enough life jackets on their vessels.
