Last Friday evening,  Nelson House RCMP received a report of several children stranded on a dock floating on Footprint Lake across the RC Channel in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation.

It turned out the dock had broken away from the shore and was drifting downstream. None of the children had life jackets.

Several officers went in a boat and were able to safely get all five girls on board. Officers returned the physically uninjured children to shore and reunited them with their parents.

The girls ranged in age from 7-14, and all but one were from the community. The other was from Thompson.

Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation Chief Angela Levasseur encourages all parents to be mindful of their children when playing around water.