Search for missing Miss Ally fishermen ends, Woods Harbor gather for services
A small fishing community in southwest Nova Scotia is mourning the loss of five young fishermen as an extensive search for their bodies comes to an end.
The RCMP said Sunday that it failed to locate the men during a search of over-turned hull of the boat, named Miss Ally, which capsized during a storm one week ago.
“On behalf of the RCMP, Department of National Defence and the Coast Guard we would like to express our sincerest condolences to the families,” RCMP Superintendent Sylvie Bourassa-Muise said in a statement.
In Woods Harbor, N.S., where four of the five fishermen lived, about 500 people gathered a church on Sunday to grieve the loss of the fishermen.
The fishermen lost at sea were Joel Hopkins, Katlin Nickerson, Billy Jack Hatfield, Steven (Cole) Nickerson and Tyson Townsend.
Their fishing boat got caught up in rough waves during an extended weekend fishing trip to catch halibut.
