Missing hunters found through GPS

Posted: 12.05.2011 at 3:42 PM

POWELL TOWNSHIP -- There was quick work by searchers in Marquette County on Sunday.

The Marquette County Sheriff's Department reported that two Big Bay hunters were lost in Powell Township, near Snake Creek.

They called for help at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, and through their cell phone GPS, were located by rescue crews around 6 p.m.

The men, 27-year-old Christopher Cain and Mark Cain, 52, had built a fire for warmth, but did not need medical attention.

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