1 presumed dead, another missing following separate incidents at B.C. bodies of water

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 16, 2025 5:11 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

One idiosyncratic is presumed drowned and different is unaccounted for pursuing 2 abstracted incidents involving bodies of h2o successful southwest B.C. last weekend. 

Police successful West Vancouver accidental a 29-year-old antheral is believed to person died aft going missing portion swimming crossed a water successful Cypress Provincial Park.

They accidental B.C. Emergency Health Services and North Shore Rescue reported the antheral missing to the section astir 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

Police accidental the man, who was from Burnaby, was swimming crossed Cabin Lake with his fiancée erstwhile helium "began to struggle."

They accidental respective witnesses saw the antheral successful distress and his companion trying to assistance him earlier the antheral slipped beneath the aboveground and disappeared.

A quality merchandise from the section says North Shore Rescue and West Vancouver Fire Service conducted an archetypal hunt successful the h2o Sunday night, but were forced to suspend it arsenic it got dark.

It says different underwater hunt volition beryllium conducted, but constabulary confirmed the man's household has been notified and the probe volition beryllium turned implicit to the B.C. Coroners Service erstwhile the assemblage has been recovered from the lake.

Squamish clang leaves 1 unaccounted for

Another idiosyncratic is unaccounted for aft a conveyance with 4 occupants went into the Squamish River astir 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning. 

A merchandise from Squamish RCMP says 3 individuals were capable to marque it to safety, but one idiosyncratic is not believed to person made it retired of the vehicle.

Police say aerial and crushed searches person not been capable to find the vehicle.

Media relations serviceman Const. Kelly Wu says betterment efforts were paused owed to existent elevated water levels resulting from outpouring runoff. She says they volition reassess betterment efforts arsenic h2o levels begins to recede and visibility improves. 

"We bash privation to admit that it's a precise hard clip for the household and we're going to bash everything we tin to proceed to show and reassess the conditions to find erstwhile it's harmless to proceed with the recovery," she said.