Boaters rescue children from smoking boat on Ottawa River

Alert boaters rescued two children from a smoking boat on the Ottawa River Thursday near Baskin’s Beach in the Dunrobin/Constance Bay area.
Other water craft operators, after some difficulty in locating the craft, were towing it to shore, along with a male passenger.
Firefighters were first dispatched to the marina on Vances Side Road in Dunrobin just after 1 p.m. when the smoke was spotted on the water.
People on the boat confirmed via cellphone that they were safe and calm and that there