Missing hikers found in Cook County

Submitted by star on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 4:35pm

This afternoon, October 9, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office announced that the two women presumably lost while hiking the Kekakabic Trail have been found. At approximately 3:15 p.m., two females were located on the north side of Glee Lake in Cook County by a Minnesota State Patrol helicopter. At 3:40 p.m. it was confirmed that the females were Maria Jacenko, 42, and Grace Knezevich, 23, of Duluth, who had been missing since Monday.
The women were reported as missing when the Cook County Sheriff’s Office received a call on October 7, 2008  at 11:01 a.m. requesting help in locating two overdue female hikers on the Kekakabic Trail.
The two women left Ely on Friday, October 3, intending to hike the Kekakabic Trail from Ely to the Gunflint Trail.  Arrangements had been made for the women to be picked up at the Gunflint Trail on Monday, October 6, at 5:00 p.m.
The woman, who appeared healthy, were taken out of the Boundary Waters via MN State Patrol helicopter to Ely, MN.