Two males and a female launched a canoe from the Iowa River Canoe Access in Iowa Falls during a period of high river level and flow.  Approximately one mile into the trip the operator was attempting to negotiate a bend in the river.  The current was too strong for the operator to control the canoe and the canoe struck a strainer (tree) in the river causing it to capsize ejecting the operator and two occupants.
One occupant swam to shore and the operator and other occupant swam to a nearby island.  The Iowa Falls Fire Department launced a Zodiac and rescued the two from the island who had built a fire for warmth.  The two were taken by AMR Medical Response to Ellsworth Hospital in Iowa Falls where they were treated and released.  The canoe was recovered and had sustained a dent on the port gunnel at the center thwart.
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