Update, 3:46 pm-- The Sheriff's Office has released the names of the three people involved in the incident. The deceased is identified as 48-year old Paul Albert-Charles Maki of Big Bay. The survivors are identified as 29-year old Charles Edward Demay and 29-year old Suzette Michelle Stephenson, both of Big Bay. Deputies say that personal flotation devices were in the boat but not being worn at the time of the incident. Foul play is not suspected and the investigation is continuing.
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POWELL TOWNSHIP, MI-- A boater has drowned in a lake near Big Bay.
The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened Wednesday around 2 p.m. on Huron Mountain Club property. Three Club employees were on Mountain Lake in a 16' flat-bottomed Jon boat winterizing campsites when a wave came over the bow and capsized the boat. Two of the employees were able to swim to shore but the third employee drowned.
Officials say one of the survivors was treated for hypothermia at Marquette General Hospital.
Authorities are withholding the names of the victims pending notification of family and further investigation.
Life jackets and the type of boat are considered to be factors in the accident.
