In addition to the two deceased, another two campers were injured and were taken to a hospital in Ely, Minnesota.
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The Northern Tier is comprised of three wilderness canoe bases across almost 4 million acres of lakes, forests and wetlands in northern Minnesota, northwest Ontario and northeast Manitoba.
“These two youth were transported to the nearest hospital by Canadian emergency crews, out of an abundance of caution”, The Boy Scouts said in a statement.
“We are also mindful of the Scouts present on the outing and the impact the incident had on them, and will be offering grief counseling to our members and volunteers”.
He says nine people involved in the program were camping at Basswood Lake near the Canadian border, including three adults and six boys, when storms hit the area.
CBS News reported that two people on a Boy Scouts of America camping trip were killed early Thursday in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, near the Canadian border.
The boy and the female volunteer were camping with a Boy Scouts adventure program when they died. Craig Walz, 43, the brother of Democratic U.S. Rep Tim Walz, was killed at Duncan Lake as the storm hit.
He provided no details of how they died. Van Dreese said the camping group was from Texas.
Storms that moved through parts of Minnesota in the US and Manitoba in Canada early Thursday knocked down trees and power lines.
The severe weather early Thursday knocked out power for tens of thousands of people in Minnesota on a day that was expected to be the hottest of the season.
In Duluth, officials advised against travel early Thursday because of unsafe power lines and debris in the streets.
More than 55,000 customers lost power in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin, according to Lake Country Power and Minnesota Power, via the Star-Tribune.
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The sheriff’s office says crews are out clearing the roads of debris Thursday morning.
