Editor’s note: This story originally read that the missing man was 40 years old, as per the first RCMP press release. An updated release issued Wednesday afternoon stated the man is 50.
The body of a 50-year-old man who went missing over the August long weekend after boating at a large lake in northern Alberta has been recovered, police said Thursday.
“High Prairie RCMP would like to send their condolences to the family during this difficult time and would like thank all those involved in the search and recovery efforts for their assistance,” police said in a statement.
An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday in Edmonton. The man’s name will not be released by RCMP.
Just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, High Prairie RCMP received a complaint of a missing boater near the Hilliard’s Bay boat launch on Lesser Slave Lake.
Police said a 50-year-old man was fishing on a small pontoon boat when it capsized near the shoreline.
High Prairie and Faust RCMP, along with the Faust Fire Department and Slave Lake Regional Search and Rescue, searched the area into the early morning hours.
On Wednesday, police said the RCMP Undercover Recovery Team had arrived from British Columbia and joined in the search.
The disappearance comes one day after the body of a woman was pulled from a river that is fed by the lake.
READ MORE: Woman found dead in Lesser Slave River
Lesser Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in Alberta and is located 245 kilometres north of Edmonton.
– With a file from Kirby Bourne, 630 CHED and Global’s Erika Tucker
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