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Alberta boaters reported missing on Saskatchewan lake OK

Two boaters from Alberta who were reported missing on a Saskatchewan lake are OK after being found by searchers. File/ Global News

Two people from Alberta are safe after being reported missing during a boating trip in western Saskatchewan.

The man and woman, both 50 and from Lloydminster, were reported missing on the evening of Oct. 8 after they failed to return home from Round Lake, just off of Highway 21 near Loon Lake.

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Loon Lake RCMP and Saskatchewan Environment Resource Management (SERM) started an immediate search of the lake and the shoreline.

Searchers found a life jacket, an overturned boat and fishing gear on a shoreline the following morning.

A search of the surrounding shoreline and treed area was undertaken and the pair were found early in the afternoon.

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They were taken to hospital for treatment of unknown injuries and have since been released.

Round Lake is approximately 330 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.

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