A Royal ºÃÉ«tv Airforce Cormorant helicopter from 103 Search and Rescue Squadron based at 9 Wing Gander takes off from the airport in Deer Lake, N.L. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Three people are dead after a fishing boat sank off the province's Lower North Shore early Monday morning, according to Quebec provincial police. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Quebec provincial police say three people are dead after a fishing boat sunk off the province's Lower North Shore.A Coast Guard helicopter flies over the port of St. John’s on Saturday, June 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
A Royal ºÃÉ«tv Airforce Cormorant helicopter from 103 Search and Rescue Squadron based at 9 Wing Gander takes off from the airport in Deer Lake, N.L. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Three people are dead after a fishing boat sank off the province's Lower North Shore early Monday morning, according to Quebec provincial police. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
MONTREAL - Three people are dead after a fishing boat sank off Quebec's Lower North Shore early Monday morning, provincial police say.
The ºÃÉ«tv Coast Guard said six people were aboard the Silver Condor, out of Blanc Sablon, Que., about 1,300 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
Spokeswoman Emilie Proteau-Beaulieu said in an email that the coast guard received a distress signal from the boat around 2:30 a.m.
Two coast guard vessels and an Armed Forces CH-149 Cormorant helicopter were dispatched to the scene, and all six of the fishers were recovered. Lt.-Cmdr. Len Hickey said three of the people recovered were "unresponsive" when transferred to paramedics.
"The six occupants were recovered jointly by (the coast guard) and (Armed Forces), and were cared for by pre-hospital emergency services once ashore," Proteau-Beaulieu said. She said three other nearby vessels assisted in the search.
She said the cause of the sinking — which took place around 37 kilometres off the coast of La Tabatière, Que. — remains unknown.
Provincial police spokesman Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu said the rescue was completed around 7:30 a.m. and the fishers were transported to hospitals in New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
The conditions of the survivors were not immediately disclosed.
Beaulieu said the deaths will be investigated by the Quebec coroner as well as the province's labour board.
This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published Sept. 25, 2023.
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