Hikers Missing on Kekakabic Trail

Submitted by newsherald on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 8:28am

Cook County Sheriff’s Office received a call on October 7 at 11:01 a.m. requesting help in locating two overdue female hikers on the Kekakabic Trail.

Maria Jacenko, age 42, and Grace Knezevich, age 23, both of Duluth, left Ely on Friday, October 3, intending to hike the Kekakabic Trail from Ely to the Gunflint Trail.  Arrangements had been made for the women to be picked up at the Gunflint Trail on Monday, October 6, at 5:00 p.m.

Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Forest Service have conducted an extensive air and ground search of the Kekakabic Trail in Cook County but so far contact has not been made with the missing women.  Lake County is involved in the search as well since the majority of the Kekakabic Trail is in Lake County.