ELY, MN (KDAL) – A 70 year old man from Fort Collins, Colorado was transported to a Duluth hospital for treatment of a possible broken leg on Sunday.
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office received a distress signal from a Garmin safety device in the BWCA around 1:15 p-m.
The GPS coordinates placed the man west of Contest Lake in the area of the Stuart River portage northwest of Ely.
The Rescue Squad, Morse Township Fire Department, the Minnesota State Patrol and Lifelink Helicopter worked to locate the man and remove him from the wilderness.
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