HUNGRY HORSE, Mont. — Flathead County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing woman at the Hungry Horse Reservoir. Emily Rea, 33, was last contacted on July 16.

Search efforts continue this summer for 34-year-old West Glacier resident Emily Rea after she went missing last July during a ...

Hungry Horse News A plane that crash-landed into the Hungry Horse Reservoir last November ran out of fuel, a National Transportation Board investigation published Oct. 10, 2024 found.

On Sunday, July 28th, while boat crews were actively searching for Emily, a call was received for a male who had entered the water in the Wounded Buck area of the Hungry Horse Reservoir.

A boat crew responded to the scene, over 5 miles away, but could not find the victim. On July 29, boat crews and divers located and retrieved the deceased body of 63-year-old Randel Gilpin of Bigfork.

The boat launch is 21 miles up Southfork Road on the east side of the reservoir. Rea's board was found upside down near Flossy Creek, over 2 miles west of the boat launch, on the evening of July 17.

On Sunday, July 28th, while boat crews were actively searching for Emily, a call was received for a male who had entered the water in the Wounded Buck area of the Hungry Horse Reservoir.

Bigfork man dies in Hungry Horse Reservoir; kayakers rescued from Flathead River A view of Hungry Horse Reservoir from the Canyon Creek boat launch on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.