Search for missing Quebec man suspended

    On Dec. 13 the Maine Warden Service organized another day of searching for Renald Poulin, 67 of Saint Côme, Quebec. The efforts turned up no clues that can be attributed to Poulin’s location. The search will be suspended until temperatures rise and the snow has melted. Snow has hampered the search since game wardens began looking on Nov. 30.

    The ice on Umbazooksus Lake and nearby small bogs and wet areas has made detection of Poulin especially difficult. Weather conditions will need to improve significantly before further searching can occur. Search teams were out all day conducting a combination of grid, hasty and K9 team searches. Temperatures remained around 10 degrees and snow fell during the morning hours. Searchers covered new areas and some previously searched areas were covered again.
    Twenty-two game wardens, 18 members of the Maine Association of Search and Rescue (MASAR), four Maine Forest Rangers and members of the Civil Air Patrol assisted with the effort. Search teams associated with MASAR included Lincoln SAR, Lincoln County SAR, Wilderness SAR, Waldo County SAR, Franklin County SAR, and the Maine Association of Search and Rescue Dogs (MESARD).
    Game wardens are asking those who may have seen Poulin’s green 2002 Kia Sedona parked at the Umbazooksus Dam between the days of Tuesday, Nov. 26 and Saturday, Nov. 30 to please call the Public Safety Dispatch Center in Houlton at 1-800-924-2261.
    Authorities from Canada had also been searching for Poulin, who crossed into the U.S. on Nov. 26 and was to return the day after. Game wardens located his vehicle on Nov. 30.