EDSON, Alta. — Mounties are conducting a ground and air search for three people who were on a raft on a west-central Alberta river after dark.
Joan Lenahan (Len-AH-Hahn), caretaker of Willmore Park in Edson, says some people came to the gates last night looking for help.
They told her that a group set out on rafts Monday afternoon on the McLeod River near Robb, about 230 kilometres west of Edmonton, intending to arrive at the park in Edson a few hours later.
When it started getting dark, some got off the river, but three others continued on.
The group that got off hitched a ride to Edson, then went to the park to meet their friends, but they didn’t arrive.
RCMP say it takes about 10 to 12 hours to raft down the river.