UPDATE: Overdue boat with 5 people aboard found on Great Slave Lake

YELLOWKNIFE – RCMP say five people on an overdue boat on Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories have been found safe.

Four adults and a child had left Yellowknife in an aluminum boat on Saturday headed for the small First Nation community of Lutsel K’e about 200 kilometres away.

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They were reported missing on Wednesday when they did not arrive at their destination on the eastern arm of the lake.

Police say the boat, which had run out of fuel, was found near an island along with its passengers.

Military aircraft, police and civilian crews all took part in the search.

Great Slave Lake is the ninth-largest lake in the world and the deepest in North America.

*EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published on July 6 and updated on July 7 when the boaters were found.