Tragic long weekend in Alberta parks
Posted Jul 2, 2019 8:02 am.
Last Updated Jul 2, 2019 9:23 am.
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CALGARY – It’s been a deadly Canada Day long weekend on Alberta’s lakes and rivers.
RCMP say a man in his twenties disappeared under the water at Lake Herbert in Banff National Park on Sunday when he fell off a paddle board.
Searchers, meanwhile, continued to look Monday for a swimmer in his twenties who leaped from a ledge into the High Wood River in Foothills County on Sunday, surfaced for a moment, then went underwater and did not resurface.
On Sunday, Mounties also say witnesses saw a man wearing a life jacket floating in the turbulent Clearwater River.
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Police found a vehicle and boat trailer near the area and have not been able to contact the owner from Calgary, and they believe it was the person seen in the water.
Those incidents also follow a tragedy in Kananaskis.
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A 20-year-old woman from Calgary area died after a climbing incident in the area on Saturday.
RCMP were called to Grassi Lakes rock climbing area just before 1 p.m after a climber fell around 35 metres.
The woman was found dead on arrival.
With files from CityNews
