A weekend jaunt into the Chief Lake Road area proved to be a little more than family of three bargained for.
On Saturday evening, 12 members of Prince George Search and Rescue along with the RCMP rescue the family who were stranded after a failed GPS navigation led them down some unmaintained forest service roads.
Spokesperson, Dave Merritt told MyPGNow.com while GPS systems are often a good resource to help get to where we are going, they aren’t exactly fool-proof.
“We all rely on those to get to where we are going but sometimes when things get changed or updated, the company who is in charge of that doesn’t update the information and we get situations like we had on the weekend where a family was stranded, they called 9-1-1 and did everything right. Our teams were able to roll out and assist them getting back.”
“We rely on GPS and think it is always going to be perfect but we have had lots of cases over the years where the GPS might be off or slightly wrong and people need assistance.”
Crews spent a couple hours re-directing the family to their destination of choice.
PGSAR deployed a mechanized team, accessing the stuck family with their side by side and ATV’s.
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