Unmanned canoe found near Anawan Beach triggers marine response, Halifax MA

Marine Incident

Reported: 10/24/2025 05:38 AM

Halifax, MA 02338

An unmanned canoe was reported near Anawan Beach in Halifax, prompting fire and rescue units from Halifax and Hanson to deploy boats for recovery.

Audio|Source: Halifax Fire

03:24

Transcript:

00:00

Elfax Fire, you have car 3 in the Hansen Boat en route to AN1.

00:10

Receive Hansen Car 3 in the boat en route.

00:14

838.

00:17

AN1 command to the Hanson boat.

00:22

Answering command.

00:25

You can head to Route 36, the Holmes Street boat launch there. If you launch your boat there, then follow the shoreline north,

00:32

there's a Portland canoe that's unmanned right off the Anawan Beach.

00:36

Let's have you just check that area and see if you can pull that canoe into the beach here.

00:43

Greasy, we have that entering from Home Street, Route 36.

00:52

Outback's fire to Hanson Carthory.

00:56

Hanson Carthrey.

01:00

Just be advised on the coverage, you got 010. 5 minutes in.

01:07

Receive, thank you.

01:14

Howback's fire to C5.

01:16

C5. C5.

01:19

C5.

01:21

Environmental Police will be giving you a call directly.

01:26

Receive, thank you.

01:27

And if I want, you're going to put the block for coverage, please.

01:31

Carers you.

01:34

Outback fired to all. Home Receive is strike at a box for coverage for marine incident, Anawan Beach.

02:03

Halifax Fire 2-all and received is Stragut-a-box for Marine Incident, Anawan Beach,

02:09

Anawan Beach,

02:11

Unmaned Canoe.

02:13

Overcoverage, again, strike at a box for marine incident.

02:16

844.

02:24

ALAX, fire on to C-5.

02:26

C-5, Vincent.

02:32

Just be lies,

02:33

C1 has been notified in a route.

02:37

Receive, thank you, sir.

02:46

File, I'm from A2.

02:51

File on answering A2.

02:55

A2. A2 in route A L, official.

03:00

C-Bay-Hu transporting AOS to South Shore at 846.

03:11

Fire alarm, Hanson, Car 3, the boat deploying.

03:20

Receive Hanson, Car 3, the boat deployed.

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