PORT ANGELES — A search for a missing kayaker that failed Thursday to reveal any clues on her whereabouts will continue today on Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park.
Margaret Mary Baker, 60, an orthopedic surgeon and highly regarded French horn player, was reported missing April 24.
Her new red kayak, which contained a paddle and life vest, was found Saturday submerged on a rocky shoreline along U.S. Highway 101 about a mile east of Barnes Point.
Park Deputy Superintendent Lee Taylor said in an email that park rangers continued their search for Baker on Thursday by boat and on foot, focusing on the Lyre River, East Beach and Devil’s Punchbowl, a tiny swimming and diving area located a short distance by kayak from Barnes Point.
“The search did not turn up any new information,” Taylor said.
Baker’s 2016 Brown BMW SUV was found the evening of April 24 parked along East Beach Road, her cellphone and wallet inside the vehicle.
The SUV was located after Verizon tracked the cellphone.
Baker was last seen at about 4 p.m. April 24 near her vehicle, park spokeswoman Penny Wagner said earlier this week.
Anyone with information on Baker or who saw her in the Lake Crescent area April 24-25 should call or text the park’s tip line at 888-653-0009.
Baker is described in a Port Angeles police report as 5-foot-8 and 160 pounds.
Wagner said park officials are hoping to borrow an underwater remote-control rover vehicle to search the lake, which is more than 600 feet deep.
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Senior Staff Writer Paul Gottlieb can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 55650, or at pgottlieb@peninsuladailynews.com.
