
April, 1975
Tragedy was averted late Saturday evening when the occupants of a capsized canoe were towed to shore in Lutak Inlet opposite the ferry terminal and then brought safely back by the ferry LeConte.
Russ Needham and Terry Wheelock of Haines spent about a half hour in the frigid water after their canoe swamped. They had been at Tayasaka Harbor with Steve and Sandy Lindahl, and the group, in two canoes, had begun the…

