Alberta RCMP said Tuesday that an Edmonton man drowned in Lake Isle over the August long weekend.
On Aug. 1 at 3 p.m., Evansburg RCMP received a report about a possible drowning near the Summer Village of South View.
Investigators said a canoe capsized “from the wake of a passing motorboat.” After half an hour, people in another boat stopped, pulled two individuals out of the water and took them to shore.
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A 65-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 64-year-old woman from Edmonton survived.
Lake Isle is about 95 kilometres west of Alberta’s capital.
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