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Crews Press On in Complex Searches for Missing Swimmer and Motorist in Sea to Sky

Search operations span Cypress Provincial Park’s Cabin Lake area; Squamish River efforts involve specialized crews from North Shore Rescue, RCMP divers, police units, coroner’s investigators.

Cabin Lake is seen in this aerial photo. West Vancouver police said a man drowned in the lake on June 15.
Search crews were also active in Squamish over the weekend after a vehicle with four occupants crashed and went into the Squamish River. While three of the occupants were able to get to safety, one occupant remains missing. The view along the Squamish River is shown in a file photo on Saturday Jan. 12, 2019.
West Vancouver police are asking people to stay away from Cabin Lake in the Cypress Provincial Park area, where a man is presumed to have drowned over the weekend. Cabin Lake is shown here in a November 2024 file photo
British Columbia's provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Overview

  • West Vancouver Police, North Shore Rescue and BC RCMP Underwater Recovery Unit resumed Monday morning efforts to locate a 29-year-old Burnaby man presumed drowned in Cabin Lake.
  • Witnesses reported he began to struggle and slipped beneath the surface while swimming with his fiancée on Sunday evening.
  • Crews are deploying specialized boats, sonar equipment and water rescue gear in rugged terrain and have asked the public to stay clear of Cabin Lake.
  • The BC Coroner’s Service will assume the investigation once the man’s body is recovered and authorities have notified his family.
  • Search teams are scouring the Squamish River by helicopter and boat for the lone missing occupant of a vehicle that plunged in on Saturday after three others escaped to safety.