1 boater dead, another missing after malfunction stranded them on Lake Manitoba
Sandy Bay First Nation men last seen roughly 200 metres from the shoreline Thursday: RCMP
A Sandy Bay First Nation man is dead and another man is missing after their boat suffered a malfunction and got stranded on Lake Manitoba Thursday.
The two men, ages 41 and 22, had launched a boat earlier that day from behind the water plant in the First Nation, which is about 130 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.
Their boat suffered a malfunction but because of the high winds, the local fire department could not launch its own boat to assist, RCMP said on a news release Friday.
The Sandy Bay Fire Department contacted RCMP for help around 8 p.m. Thursday.
RCMP said the boaters were last seen roughly 200 metres from the shore southeast of Halls Beach, roughly 10 kilometres away from the water plant. Neither was wearing a life-jacket.
At around 9 a.m. Friday, the body of the 22-year-old man was found on the shoreline, police said.
Underwater recovery teams from Manitoba and Saskatchewan RCMP continue searching Lake Manitoba for the 41-year-old, with help from the Manitoba First Nation Police Service and the Sandy Bay Fire Department.