Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: November 15, 2001
• Invested on: September 27, 2002

Peter J. Jowett, M.S.M., Peterborough, Ontario
Meritorious Service Medal (civil division)

On August 14, 1998, park warden Peter Jowett displayed outstanding professionalism when he participated in the rescue of a U.S. citizen who had fallen 35 metres while hiking at Glacier National Park, in Montana, U.S.A. Suspended from a helicopter by a sling rope and working under the pressure of the rapidly fading daylight, Mr. Jowett hovered at tree-top altitude until he could reach the severely injured man who lay on a two-metre-wide ledge. Mr. Jowett then used his skills and training to help secure the victim into a Bauman bag to be airlifted to safety.