Deaths In Acadia National Park;
Sept. 19, 1963
Some one had removed the life preserver from its box at Thunder Hole, something that had happened at other times as well, so no one could toss it to Gerard D.F. Poisson, who drown in the surf a few feet off shore. Mr. Poisson was from Luce, Ontario. He stayed afloat for about ten minutes before sinking below the water, and a rope to help save him arrived too late. Some time later his body was recovered by David Graves, a lobster fisherman from Northeast Harbor.
Mr. Poisson and his wife and friends had been camping at Blackwoods campground. They all had decided to head back home that day, but Mr Poisson decided to make one more trip to the Thunder Hole area before they left. His wife and friends waited above as Mr Poisson went lower toward the water, at one point removing his shoes so he could stand on the wet rocks and take a better photo of the water. As he was bent over, a large wave rose up and swept him from the rocks.
At one point his wife was almost able to reach out to him as he attempted to get back on shore. His wife pleaded with bystanders for help and one left to get a rope, which arrived too late. Mr Poisson had a heart attack about a year earlier and a doctor could not determine if he had died from drowning or from a second heart attack.
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