PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 5, 2021
Game wardens saved a hypothermic man from the icy waters of a Washington County lake on Monday while he was attempting to rescue a deer. Rick Crowe of Princeton saw a deer had fallen through the ice on Long Lake and attempted to use a canoe to help it ashore. But the canoe overturned and Crowe was thrown into the frigid lake shortly after 8:30 a.m. Crowe’s wife called a nearby game warden, who retrieved a state-owned airboat parked nearby. He was joined by Princeton Fire Chief Tony Ramsdell, who put on a cold-water suit and jumped in to pull out Crowe. After Crowe was transported to Calais Regional Hospital, the warden and firefighters went back for his canoe. They also rescued the deer that had drawn Crowe out onto the thin ice in the first place.