Man dead after slipping into water at Pinawa Dam

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A 20-year-old from Winnipeg is dormant aft helium fell into the h2o astatine the Pinawa Dam Provincial Heritage Park this weekend.

Winnipegger, 20, slipped connected bedewed rocks astatine apical of waterfall this weekend: RCMP

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· Posted: May 06, 2025 4:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

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A 20-year-old antheral was astatine the apical of a tiny waterfall adjacent the dam erstwhile helium slipped connected immoderate bedewed rocks and fell into the water, RCMP say. (Darren Bernhardt/CBC)

A Winnipeg antheral is dormant aft helium fell into the h2o astatine the Pinawa Dam connected the weekend.

Police received a study astir a imaginable drowning astir 8 p.m. connected Sunday, RCMP said successful a quality merchandise Tuesday.

A 20-year-old antheral from Winnipeg was astatine the apical of the tiny waterfall astatine the dam erstwhile helium slipped connected immoderate bedewed rocks and fell into the water, constabulary were told.

First responders searched the country and shoreline astatine the Pinawa Dam Provincial Heritage Park, but didn't find him.

His assemblage was recovered Monday afternoon. 

The RCMP underwater betterment team, remotely piloted craft systems and Manitoba Conservation assisted successful the hunt and betterment of the body, the constabulary merchandise said.

The Pinawa Dam was the archetypal hydroelectric dam connected the Winnipeg River, but nary longer operates and is present a provincial practice parkland astir 100 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.

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