Body of missing canoer found in northern Alberta: RCMP
In a news release issued Wednesday night, police said the body has been identified as a 46-year-old Fort McMurray man and that his family has been notified. They did not say where his body was found.
At about 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, Wood Buffalo RCMP were told about two missing canoers — one in his 40s and another in his 80s — on the Ellis River, north of Fort MacKay.“The pair were paddling in a group which consisted of another dual-operator canoe, a single-operator canoe and a single-operator kayak,” police said. “The party of six canoers and the kayaker had been on the Ellis River for approximately 60 minutes.“The group lost sight of the red 16-foot canoe around 12:15 p.m.
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