Four people were pulled from the Snake River on Saturday after two canoes on separate trips overturned in a section of the Snake River known as the Bourbon Street channel.

A scenic float trip guide with Dornan’s Snake River Angler rescued three of the individuals close to where the canoes capsized, about 1.5 miles south of Moose. No one was injured. The other was found on an island several hours later.

Jackson Davis, 72, and Beverly Horyza, 67, both of Moran, launched from Moose Landing in Grand Teton National Park about noon with the intention of floating 14 miles to the Wilson bridge. At roughly 3 p.m., Davis and Horyza struck a log jam and capsized.

Park officials say Horyza swam to the north end of a large island in the river while Davis was able to flip the canoe over and continue downstream. Davis then hit another log jam, capsized, and floated to the island’s south end. Park officials said Horyza and Davis were not able to reunite. Another witness said the pair did reunite and Davis went looking for help.

Dornan’s Snake River Angler guide Reed Thornock said he found Horyza on the island about 5:45 p.m.

“She said she was in trouble,” he said. “Right then, another upside-down canoe with two people came floating by.”

Thornock said he was able to put Horyza in his raft and a woman from the second canoe swam to shore and he used a throw rope to aid her companion.

“Her husband floated past, I threw him the rope, but he wouldn’t let go of the canoe,” Thornock said.

The force of the river eventually wrested the canoe from the man’s hand, and Thornock was able to get both the man and the woman on his raft. He said the couple from the second canoe declined to fill out an incident report.

“They were pretty embarrassed,” he said.

Park spokeswoman Jackie Skaggs said park visitors are required by law to report such incidents.

When Davis didn’t show up, Horyza called 911 about 6:45 p.m. Park rescue personnel used a raft to locate Davis on the island and reunited him with Horyza at Moose Landing about 9:30 p.m.

Thornock said the Bourbon Street channel had been closed for 20 to 25 years before high water last year cleared a 10-foot-high log jam.

“I think I know why they call it Bourbon Street now, because everybody who goes in there gets messed up,” Thornock said.

“I wouldn’t float that without going down it with a guide first,” he said. “It’s that technical. It’s pretty narrow and there are places where there’s only one channel that works. It’s not someplace for canoes.”

Skaggs said the two canoe incidents mark the third and fourth serious river accidents so far this year.

“People [misjudge] which channel to take or they misjudge the speed or the strength of the current and they don’t navigate away from obstructions in time to avoid them,” she said.