An 18-year-old man has died following a canoeing accident in the Saint John area.
The extensive search for Devon Breau came to a tragic end late Wednesday morning around 11 a.m. with the RCMP pulling the body from Stillwater Lake.
The teen from Musquash went missing Sunday while canoeing.
Get breaking National news
Musquash is a small community about 20 minutes south-west of Saint John.
Breau’s canoe was found overturned around 8 p.m. Sunday. His ATV and trailer were on shore.
READ MORE: New Brunswick RCMP bringing in helicopter to assist in search for missing canoeist
A Department of Natural Resources helicopter and search-and-rescue crew were brought in to help search for Breau.
Jennifer Woodside was the search team incident commander when Breau’s body was found.
“Anytime we go out for a missing person it’s an amazing feeling when we bring them home safe and sound,” she says. “When we do find a subject that’s deceased it is still closure for the family and it’s a lot more important to actually have them home then to not find them at all.”
Police are not releasing any details about what part of the lake Breau was retrieved from, or his cause of death.
–With files from Todd Veinotte.
- Evacuation order issued for Slocan, B.C., surrounding areas due to wildfires
- Jasper officials say 70 per cent of structures saved: ‘I recognize my town’
- Trudeau announces byelections in Quebec, Manitoba ridings for September
- Danielle Smith wants bus tours for Jasper evacuees, temporary housing while they rebuild
Comments