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marmar

(78,025 posts) Thu May 5, 2022, 09:00 AM May 2022

Woman in her late 60s dies after falling into Upper Peninsula waterfall

(Detroit Free Press) ISHPEMING, Mich. — A woman died Wednesday after falling into a waterfall in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan State Police said.

The woman, believed to be 68 or 69 years old, fell into Black River Falls, 8 miles southwest of Ishpeming in the Escanaba River State Forest, police said.

The fall occurred around 2 p.m. Wednesday. The body was found around 4:30 p.m., police said. ...............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/05/05/elderly-woman-dies-after-falling-into-upper-peninsula-waterfall/9656117002/

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I know those falls well. multigraincracker May 2022 #1

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1. I know those falls well.

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Thu May 5, 2022, 11:40 AM

May 2022

In 1974 the 4 of us canoed that river. We put in at Ishpeming and when we got to those falls, we figured we could tie lines to the front and back of my friends canoe and track it through. We couldn't and lost his boat as it got caught on a large boulder and was bent in half. We portage my boat around and let him and the other guy paddle down to the next bridge while we hitched hike back to Ishpeming and got my truck. We then picked those two up and our trip was over.
We were amazed at the power of the water. It looked do able, but wasn't. What sad out come she had.
Thanks for posting this.

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