Three people were plucked from the cold water of Batchawana Bay last evening about 9 p.m. A man and a woman from Goulais River and a man from Sault Ste.

Three people were plucked from the cold water of Batchawana Bay last evening about 9 p.m.

A man and a woman from Goulais River and a man from Sault Ste. Marie were stranded in the water about a half mile off shore when their boat sank in the bay, says OPP Community Service / Media Relations Constable Monique Baker.

Loyal SooToday.com reader Theresa Cassan sent us photos of the rescue operation.

She tells us the two men and woman were stranded in the water for hours before they were rescued by guests at a wedding and a neighbour of the Salzburger Hof resort (where the wedding was being held) were able to reach them and bring them to shore.

All three stranded boaters were wearing personal floatation devices when the boat they were in sank.

"OPP and Batchawana fire and rescue responded to a sunken boat in Batchawana Bay yesterday," said Cassan. "All three individuals are fine but suffered hypothermia."

Baker confirms that OPP received a call about a marine incident at about 9:20 p.m. Saturday.

By the time OPP arrived on the scene, all three boaters in distress had been rescued.

"Guests at a wedding and a neighbour of the Salzburger Hof restaurant and resort took a canoe and a motor boat out to rescue the individuals who were still about 1 km offshore," said Cassan.