Body of second canoeist recovered from Boundary Waters after two-week search
BOUNDARY WATERS, Minn. — The body of a canoeist who went missing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was recovered Monday morning west of Curtain Falls.
The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office says it recovered the body of 40-year-old Reis Grams, of Lino Lakes, after more than two weeks of searching.
Authorities found the body of 41-year-old Jesse Haugen, of Cambridge, just days earlier near Curtain Falls.
Officials with the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office say two canoes went over the falls. Two people — one of whom was badly injured — were rescued from the area, which is near the Canadian border.
Between eight and 12 people were on the ground at a base camp, utilizing boats, canoes, drones and K-9 teams to search the area.
Bad weather had hampered the search for Grams and Haugen. The sheriff's department had said at points that cloud cover was too low for aerial surveillance, and rain kept a crew from searching until conditions improved.
Superior National Forest officials had closed trails, campsites, portages and bodies of water in the area, to assist in the search.
