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Body of Alberta man recovered from lake in Yukon

Drury Lake in Yukon, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Yukon RCMP, Courtesy

The Yukon Coroner’s Service says the body of an Alberta man who drowned while snowmobiling west of Faro has been recovered.

Chief coroner Heather Jones says the body of 36-year-old Jason Keith of Morinville was recovered on Sunday.

Local police, an RCMP underwater recovery team from B.C. and members of Yukon Search and Rescue took part in the recovery effort.

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Jones says Keith was snowmobiling with two other men on Drury Lake on Jan. 28 when he and another man rode into open water.

The other man was able to get back to the surface.

Jones says Keith’s family has indicated he was passionate about hunting and guiding, and was working with a local outfitting company at the time of the accident.

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— With files from CKRW

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