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In the Boundary Waters, tragedy highlights work of all-volunteer rescue squad

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Members of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad loaded a boat onto a Minnesota National Guard Chinook helicopter, bringing the 18-day mission at Curtain Falls to an end.
Courtesy of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad

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Members of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad spent almost 6,000 hours on the rescue and recovery of two canoeists who plunged over Curtain Falls in the BWCA on May 18. It was the all-volunteer squad's biggest operation to date in its more than 60 year history.