A man who went missing while boating on a central Alberta lake last week has been found dead.
At about 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, Breton RCMP received a report of a boat anchored in the water at Buck Lake with a missing elderly male boater.
RCMP, fire and search and rescue crews searched the water by boat, and ground searches were also done by members of the Thorsby and Breton RCMP detachments.
The search for the missing man resumed the next day, including members of the RCMP and the Central Alberta Recovery Dive Society (CARDS).
People on the lake and in the area were asked to allow room for the search and rescue crews to do their work. People were also asked to keep their eye out for signs of the missing man. Police did not provide a description of the missing man.
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In an update on Oct. 12, RCMP said the man was recovered from the water on Oct. 10.
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The victim has been identified as an 83-year-old man from Winfield, Alta. Police have notified his next of kin.
Buck Lake is located in Wetaskiwin County about 150 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.
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