Bodies of missing paddleboarders recovered from lake in B.C. park

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SQUAMISH - Mounties in Squamish, B.C., say the bodies of two people who went missing while paddleboarding on Browning Lake in Murrin Provincial Park last weekend have been found.

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SQUAMISH – Mounties in Squamish, B.C., say the bodies of two people who went missing while paddleboarding on Browning Lake in Murrin Provincial Park last weekend have been found.

The Sea to Sky RCMP say in a news release that police received a report around 3 p.m. on Saturday about two people who failed to resurface after going into the water.

Police say a co-ordinated search was initiated.

RCMP block traffic as conservation officers investigate after a bear attack took place on Friday evening along the estuary trail, in Squamish, B.C., on Saturday, May 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
RCMP block traffic as conservation officers investigate after a bear attack took place on Friday evening along the estuary trail, in Squamish, B.C., on Saturday, May 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin

It included help from Squamish Search and Rescue, the fire department, the B.C. Conservation Officer Service and BC Emergency Health Services.

The RCMP Underwater Recovery Team arrived at the lake on Tuesday to help with the search. 

The release says the bodies of the two people who police have not identified were located during that operation and have been recovered from the water.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 2, 2026.

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