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UPDATED: OPP locate teen girls missing in in Algonquin Park since Thursday

OPP officers on ground and in helicopters along with park wardens and volunteers were continuing a “major search” Sunday for two teenage girls who went missing during a camping trip in western Algonquin Park.

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There had also been a “tremendous” response to appeals for help with a large number of calls and messages reporting potential sightings, police said.

Marta Malek and Maya Mirota, both 16 and from the Kitchener area, are described as experienced campers equipped with a tent and some limited supplies but they have not been seen since Thursday morning.

The girls were reported missing Friday night.

Part of a group camping in the park, they were last spotted on the Western Uplands Trail between Rainbow Lake and Susan Lake.

The air and ground searched that started at sunrise Saturday included an OPP helicopter and a fixed-wing plane from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests.