The RCMP underwater recovery team is searching the area around the old Pinawa Dam after a Winnipeg teen went missing while swimming.
In a tweet Tuesday RCMP said the 18 year-old was swimming in the Lee River near the dam Monday afternoon when he went underwater and didn’t resurface.
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Friends told officers on scene the teen had been swimming down the rapids on the high side of the dam when they lost sight of him.
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RCMP said he was not wearing a life jacket.
Access to the Old Pinawa Dam Heritage Park, near Lac du Bonnet, is restricted while the search continues.