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Helicopter, snowmobiles help retrieve car abandoned on sea ice 3 km from N.S. shore
The vehicle was removed after a four-hour multi-agency operation involving a helicopter and snowmobiles, with no criminal offences identified by police.
- On Sunday, the River John Volunteer Fire Department retrieved a vehicle on the frozen Northumberland Strait between Brule Point and Cape John in Marshville, N.S.
- RCMP said on March 5 that officers found two men walking from the vehicle, which became stuck while they were driving on the ice, believed to be due to local troublemakers, according to Terry Heighton.
- Using personal snowmobiles, volunteer members towed the upside-down car 2.5 km across sea ice to within 50 metres of shore, then North Shore Towing pulled it up to the road.
- The RCMP said no criminal offence was identified, and the River John fire department's Facebook post urged the public to stay off the ice.
- Officials said ice depth was the primary safety concern during the four-hour operation involving the Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and volunteer responders, as reported on March 16, 2026.
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Helicopter, snowmobiles help retrieve car abandoned on sea ice 3 km from N.S. shore
A volunteer fire department in rural Nova Scotia was left with a bizarre logistics problem this month when someone drove a white Hyundai Accent onto the frozen Northumberland Strait and abandoned it about three kilometres from shore.
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River John fire department deals with abandoned car on ice
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the Department of Natural Resources, and the River John Volunteer Fire Department worked together to remove an abandoned vehicle located roughly 2.5 km offshore in the middle of the Northumberland Strait, according to the…
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