One woman dead after being swept away by fast-moving water in Garibaldi Provincial Park

A woman has died after being swept away in Rubble Creek at Garibaldi Provincial Park outside of Squamish.

Sources tell Global News a 23-year-old woman from Burnaby and a 27-year-old Surrey man were trying to cool off in Rubble Creek and underestimated the force of the water.

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The man managed to escape with minor injuries but the woman drowned.

Search-and-rescue crews located the deceased woman approximately 800 metres downstream from the creek.