Four snowmobilers are lucky to have escaped with their lives, after going into the waters of Georgian Bay.
On Saturday afternoon, police were called by an area cottager, who reported seeing people in the water off the south tip of Beausoleil Island.
The officers began assisting four snowmobilers on three machines, who had driven into a combination of heavy slush and open water, until paramedics and firefighters arrived.
The sledders were all treated for hypothermia and released.
Police say alcohol was not a factor in this incident, but ice unfamiliarity was and could have been nearly fatal for these snowmobilers.
