VICTIM & COMPANION WERE OPERATING IN SEPARATE KAYAKS ON LAKE SUPERIOR, ON A TRIP FROM LITTLE SAND BAY/TOWN OF RUSSELL BOAT LANDING NORTH TO SAND ISLAND. DUE TO WIND & HIGH WAVES KAYAKERS GOT SEPARATED. COMPANION HEADED NORTH & THEN WEST TO EAST BAY ON SAND ISLAND WHERE OTHER KAYAKERS WERE CAMPED. COMPANION CALLED NATIONAL PARK SERVICE & USCG FOR HELP. OVERTURNED KAYAK WAS RETRIEVED ABOUT .25 MILE OFF EAST SIDE OF SAND ISLAND BY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. VICTIM WAS FOUND NEXT MORNING.
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