Coast Guard suspends search for man near Red Rocks, Lake Champlain
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter File Photo
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews suspended their search for a 52-year-old man off Red Rocks, on Lake Champlain, Vermont, Wednesday afternoon.
At 5:44 p.m., Tuesday, Coast Guard Sector Northern New England Command Center received a report of multiple people in the water.
A total of six people were in an 18-foot boat and four people ended...
Coast Guard rescues man in Lake Champlain
A Coast Guard Station Burlington ice rescue team member calls back to two team members who are tending a line attached to the yellow ice rescue shuttle board.. (U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi)
BOSTON — Coast Guard Station Burlington’s crew members rescued a 65-year-old man who fell through the ice of Lake Champlain, Thursday, near Mills Point, Vermont.
The...
Coast Guard to establish new Aids-to-Navigation Team in Burlington, VT
Coast Guard Aids-to-Navigation Team Burlington photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Charles Northcott
BOSTON — The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a ceremony establishing Coast Guard Aids-to-Navigation Team Burlington as a stand alone unit, Friday in Burlington, Vermont.
“We are separating the existing unit to standardize and allow our members to become experts in the traditional Coast...
Coast Guard Station, Aids-to-Navigation Team Burlington receives new response boat
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium is moored up to STANT Burlington Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Burlington, Vermont on Lake Champlain. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Charles Northcott)
BOSTON — Coast Guard Station and Aids-to-Navigation Team Burlington received its new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium Thursday, adding another search and rescue resource to Lake Champlain.
The RB-M...
Coast Guard Cutters Hawser, Line to patrol Lake Champlain
Coast Guard Cutter Hawser file photo by PAC Bob Laura
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Coast Guard cutters Hawser and Line are scheduled to patrol Lake Champlain this weekend to assist with the recreational boating safety and law enforcement missions.
The 65-foot harbor tugs will augment efforts of Coast Guard Station and Aids to Navigation Team Burlington, a two-boat station responsible for 490-square miles,...
Coast Guard offers cold water safety tips for ice fishermen, public on Lake Champlain
A Coast Guard Station Burlington ice rescue team trains. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi)
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is urging ice fishermen and the public to use caution and be prepared while on Lake Champlain.
Ice is unpredictable and dangerous. Even in a small area, ice can significantly range in thickness making people or heavy objects susceptible to falling through....
Coast Guard rescues woman after boat capsizes on Lake Champlain
Coast Guard 29-Foot Response Boat-Small file photo.
BOSTON – Coast Guard Station Burlington crewmembers rescued a woman Tuesday evening after her 17-foot boat capsized on Lake Champlain near Schuyler Island.
Local emergency dispatchers relayed the distress call to watchstanders at the station at approximately 7:27 p.m. The woman had used her cell phone to call 911 and provide her location.
A...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayaker on Lake Champlain
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter File Photo
BOSTON — The Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday for a missing 41-year-old man on Lake Champlain.
The man was last seen Monday evening in the waters near Shelburne Point. The group he was kayaking with reported that his kayak had capsized and he planned to swim back to shore. He was reported missing after he did not return...
Coast Guard, partner agencies search for missing kayaker on Lake Champlain
29-foot Response Boat Small-II File Photo
BOSTON — The Coast Guard along with local fire departments are searching for a missing 44-year-old man after his kayak was found unmanned and adrift off Shelburne Point on Lake Champlain Monday.
A good Samaritan reported the adrift kayak to Coast Guard watchstanders at around 7:30 p.m. prompting the search.
The man was confirmed missing by a separate correlating...
