The helicopter search near Baddeck, Nova Scotia that helped find a missing 81 year-old hiker
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81-year old hiker spent night lost of the Cabot Trail

An 81-year old Quebec woman is safe  today.  But she and her family had a rough night in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Mariette Forest, from Sherbrooke, Quebec, was camping with her family at the Baddeck Cabot Trial Campground.

She set out for a hike around 8:30 Wednesday morning, and was reported missing two hours later.

On Thursday, a helicopter from Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resources joined the 30-member police-team who had searched for the woman overnight.

Mariette Forest was found three kilometres off the trail, alive and well, but missing her shoes.

 

 

Marcel Lavoie celebrates his aunt being found with a member of the search crew.

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