A hamlet CAT D6T bulldozer was successfully pulled from the water after it crashed through the ice on Williamson Lake on Nov. 15.
The lower half of the bulldozer was submerged in the lake for about five-and-a-half hours before being pulled out.
Hamlet senior administrative officer Justin Merritt said he was in a meeting when hamlet employee Troy Aksalnik informed him of the accident at about 9:30 a.m.
He said the airport was borrowing the bulldozer from the hamlet when the accident occurred.
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Nobody was hurt and workers were able to get it out of the lake with the help of several other companies in town such as Inukshuk Construction and M&T.
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Merritt said he trusted his men to get the bulldozer out successfully.
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Merritt said operators do not typically take heavy equipment onto Williamson Lake until January or February when the ice is at its thickest.
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