Shipwreck Survivor Detained

In Friday’s ‘Lectronic, we reported on Arizonan Keith Carver’s having shipwrecked on the north end of Vancouver Island, and his subsequent rescue. The story he told officials sounded fishy to us — he claimed he was trying to sail to Mexico but storms blew him to the north end of Vancouver Island — and apparently the Canada Border Services Agency thought so too. The day after our report, and three days after his rescue, Carver was taken into custody for "criminal inadmissibility to Canada," according to the Vancouver Sun. Officials said that had he gone through proper channels, Carver would have been denied entry into the country, though they declined to say why. One report surmised that an outstanding warrant in the U.S. could be the reason, but many convictions — including DUI — could result in denied entry into Canada.

Officials at the Victoria Rescue Centre also doubt his story about the rough weather — their data show extremely light winds for much of the timeframe Carver claims was stormy.