Drowning Board & Map

• Date: 13-Aug-2021
• City: Nanaimo
• Water Location: Winchelsea Islands
• Gender: Male
• Age: 44
• Province: British Columbia

Two men were on a vessel near the Winchelsea Islands and one of them had been diving. When the diver failed to resurface, the individual on the boat called a person on shore, who eventually called 911. The RCMP Dive Team were dispatched and were able to recover the man's body.

• Date: 12-Aug-2021
• City: Salt Spring Island
• Water Location: St. Mary Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: 19
• Province: British Columbia

The teen was swimming in St. Mary Lake on August 12 when he went missing near a dock. A large search was conducted the following two days and his body was found in the same area he had gone missing.

• Date: 11-Aug-2021
• City: Sicamous
• Water Location: Mara Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: 64
• Province: British Columbia

A man was last seen in distress swimming in deep water near his boat on Mara Lake. The man was presumed to have drowned and, after several days of searching, the man's body was found.

• Date: 10-Aug-2021
• City: Bella Coola
• Water Location: Bella Coola River
• Gender: Male
• Age: 42
• Province: British Columbia

A couple had hired a boat and guide for their four hour trip from Victoria to Bella Coola and left in the morning. At 11:30 am Bella Coola RCMP were called about a partially capsized boat adrift. That evening the body of the man was found, and the police continue to search for the body of the woman and the guide.

• Date: 08-Aug-2021
• City: Squamish
• Water Location: Alice Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

A man had been paddle boarding with his family and friends when he fell into the water. Search and Rescue, fire, police and a dive team were called to help as he failed to resurface and was not found by afternoon. His body was recovered the next day.

• Date: 07-Aug-2021
• City: Tofino
• Water Location: Long Beach
• Gender: Unknown
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

Police were called to the beach around 6 pm on a Saturday to reports of a drowning. Paramedics also attended and attempted CPR but ultimately were unable to resuscitate the victim.

• Date: 06-Aug-2021
• City: Golden
• Water Location: Columbia River
• Gender: Male
• Age: 39
• Province: British Columbia

On a Friday evening, a man was cycling along the Kicking Horse Drive Bridge when he crashed his bicycle and landed in the Columbia River. The man was retrieved by Golden Search and Rescue who commenced CPR and sent him to the hospital. The man was later pronounced deceased.

• Date: 29-Jul-2021
• City: Grand Forks
• Water Location: Christina Lake
• Gender: Female
• Age: 60
• Province: British Columbia

A woman took a powerboat out by herself and failed to return with her fellow camping family members becoming concerned after a couple of hours. She was found floating beside her boat. CPR was performed by a fellow boater as well as paramedics but the efforts to revive her were unsuccessful.

• Date: 28-Jul-2021
• City: Salmon Arm
• Water Location: White Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: 27
• Province: British Columbia

A 27-year-old man who was an international student studying in Canada had attempted to swim to a floating dock/raft in White Lake on July 28 but began to panic. The group he was with were non-swimmers and they attempted to throw him something that would help him float. The rescue attempt was unsuccessful and the man went underwater and did not resurface.

• Date: 19-Jul-2021
• City: Invermere
• Water Location: Swimming hole
• Gender: Male
• Age: 28
• Province: British Columbia

A 28-year-old man had attended Windermere Wells Recreation Site with friends and was last seen cliff jumping at the swimming hole. When he did not resurface, his friends attended to the last area he was seen in attempts to pull him out of the water but were unable. The Columbia Valley RCMP and Search and Rescue team were initiated and sadly the mans body was recovered the next day.

• Date: 18-Jul-2021
• City: Agassiz
• Water Location: Chehalis Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

A child was swimming in the lake was experiencing trouble and a man swam out to attempt to rescue them. However, the man himself got into trouble and ended up sinking to the bottom of the lake, and another man swam out and ultimately brought the child to shore. Nearby campers reacted quickly, teaming up to retrieve the man from the lake - about 15-20 feet below the surface - and family members gave the man chest compressions for about an hour. Once the paramedics arrived they attended to the man for a few minutes before pronouncing him dead.

• Date: 06-Jul-2021
• City: Sicamous
• Water Location: Mara Lake
• Gender: Female
• Age: 42
• Province: British Columbia

A woman and her friend had been swimming near Swansea Point around 10 pm when one of the women went underwater and did not resurface. The friend was able to locate the woman and bring her to shore where BC Ambulance paramedics and Eagle Valley Rescue personnel performed CPR without success.

• Date: 30-Jun-2021
• City: Whitehorse
• Water Location: Lake Laberge
• Gender: Male
• Age: 54
• Province: British Columbia

A man rented a canoe from a local company and was traveling alone to Carmacks, Yukon, set to arrive on Wednesday. However, shortly after 4 pm on Saturday an overturned canoe was found by an off-duty RCMP member boating on Lake Laberge. Whitehorse RCMP began a search that evening with the help of Yukon Search and Rescue and found the body five kilometres from the capsized canoe.

• Date: 29-Jun-2021
• City: Osoyoos
• Water Location: Osoyoos Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: 31
• Province: British Columbia

A man entered waist-deep water at a beach on Osoyoos Lake to play with his young child while on vacation. Around 5 pm beachgoers noticed that the child was alone and the father was missing. Friends and family quickly located the man unresponsive in the lake. Despite life-saving measures initiated by friends and first responders, the man was unable to be resuscitated.

• Date: 28-Jun-2021
• City: Trail
• Water Location: Champion Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: 72
• Province: British Columbia

A senior was reported missing on June 26 before 4:30 pm when the man was last seen swimming in the waters of Champion Lake at approximately 2:30 pm that day. RCMP and local Search and Rescue searched for several days with no luck. Finally the CMP Underwater Recovery Team took an active sonar grid search of the lake and were then able to locate and recover the missing man's body.

• Date: 27-Jun-2021
• City: Lillooet
• Water Location: Seton Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

A beachgoer called in to report an incident around 2 am on Sunday. The complainant overheard a powerboat pass his location followed by the sound of a loud bang. The next morning a boater found the bodies floating in the water near a partially capsized boat around 7 am.

• Date: 27-Jun-2021
• City: Lillooet
• Water Location: Seton Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

A beachgoer called in to report an incident around 2 am on Sunday. The complainant overheard a powerboat pass his location, which was followed by the sound of a loud bang. The next morning a boater found the bodies floating in the water near a partially capsized boat around 7 am.

• Date: 27-Jun-2021
• City: Lillooet
• Water Location: Seton Lake
• Gender: Female
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

A beachgoer called in to report an incident around 2 am on Sunday. The complainant overheard a powerboat pass his location, which was followed by the sound of a loud bang. The next morning a boater found the bodies floating in the water near a partially capsized boat around 7 am.

• Date: 25-Jun-2021
• City: Sooke
• Water Location: Kemp Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: 49
• Province: British Columbia

A man was seen on a dock at Kemp Lake on Thursday evening and then not seen again until the next morning. Sooke RCMP responded to the shoreline around 6:55 am after a report of a body in the water. The man was declared dead on scene.

• Date: 24-Jun-2021
• City: Coquitlam
• Water Location: Widgeon Falls
• Gender: Unknown
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

A person was swept away in fast moving water while swimming at Widgeon Falls near Pitt Lake. Search and Rescue crews spent hours searching for the subject, eventually recovering the body.

• Date: 23-Jun-2021
• City: Quesnel
• Water Location: Bowron Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: 60
• Province: British Columbia

A man was kayaking in the Bowron Lake area and was expected to finish his trip at the Isaac Falls portage site. It is believed the man missed the exit point and went over the falls. Park rangers and Search and Rescue located the kayak and life jacket but the search efforts for the man were unsuccessful.

• Date: 07-Jun-2021
• City: North Vancouver
• Water Location: Indian Arm
• Gender: Male
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

A man and his partner were scuba diving in Indian Arm around 4:30 pm on Sunday June 6 when he failed to resurface. His partner contacted 911 and Search and Rescue searched all evening, locating the body of the diver the next morning.

• Date: 05-Jun-2021
• City: Keremeos
• Water Location: Ashnola River
• Gender: Female
• Age: 43
• Province: British Columbia

A report received on the June 4 stated that a witness saw the 43-year-old woman drive off the roadway and into the Ashnola River, about 15 kilometres from where it meets the Similkameen River. They say that the woman tried to get out of her car, but was swept away by the current. Her body was eventually recovered about 14 kilometres downstream in the Ashnola River.

• Date: 01-Jun-2021
• City: Kelowna
• Water Location: William R. Bennett Bridge
• Gender: Male
• Age: 52
• Province: British Columbia

A 52-year-old Fire Captain was scuba diving near William R. Bennett Bridge when he was separated from his diving partner. He did not resurface and his body was found just south of the bridge two weeks later.

• Date: 01-Jun-2021
• City: Chilliwack
• Water Location: Chilliwack River
• Gender: Male
• Age: 33
• Province: British Columbia

On Saturday May 29, emergency services responded to reports of a possible drowning near Tamihi Creek Campground. Witnesses had seen the man on a raft when he went into the river, but on June 1 he was confirmed to have drowned.

• Date: 13-May-2021
• City: Langley
• Water Location: Grant's Landing Marina
• Gender: Male
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

After suffering a medical event and falling into the water, an elderly man drowned. BC Ambulance, Langley Township firefighters and Langley RCMP all responded to the incident but could not resuscitate the victim.

• Date: 07-May-2021
• City: Chilliwack
• Water Location: Fraser River
• Gender: Male
• Age: 29
• Province: British Columbia

A 29-year-old man was sturgeon fishing with a friend when their anchor got caught and water came up the back of the boat and threw them off into the water. One man swam to shore, however search parties and the RCMP were unable to locate the second man.

• Date: 19-Apr-2021
• City: Penticton
• Water Location: Okanagan Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: 53
• Province: British Columbia

Police and emergency crews were called after a witness reported seeing a 53-year-old man swimming by himself near shore. Shortly after the man was observed in apparent distress when a witness went into the water and brought him to shore, performing CPR. Unfortunately the local Penticton resident was unable to be resuscitated and passed away in hospital.

• Date: 29-Mar-2021
• City: Victoria
• Water Location: Hotel Zed Pool
• Gender: Male
• Age: 8
• Province: British Columbia

As his mom prepared to go to the pool with her child, the boy went ahead and went into the pool unsupervised. He suffered life-threatening injuries and was rushed to the hospital, where he passed a few days later.

• Date: 12-Feb-2021
• City: Kitimat
• Water Location: Gardner Canal
• Gender: Male
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

After a tugboat went missing off the North Coast of BC on February 11, two men were found dead and a third was rescued. The RCMP were called late in the evening after an emergency beacon was detected from a tugboat in the Gardner Canal. An RCMP crew located the first victim, and the second was found by the Canadian Coast Guard. The survivor was spotted on shore by a helicopter and taken to the hospital.

• Date: 12-Feb-2021
• City: Kitimat
• Water Location: Gardner Canal
• Gender: Male
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

After a tugboat went missing off the North Coast of BC on February 11, two men were found dead and a third was rescued. The RCMP were called late in the evening after an emergency beacon was detected from a tugboat in the Gardner Canal. An RCMP crew located the first victim, and the second was found by the Canadian Coast Guard. The survivor was spotted on shore by a helicopter and taken to the hospital.

• Date: 09-Feb-2021
• City: Sechelt
• Water Location: Sechelt Inlet
• Gender: Male
• Age: 63
• Province: British Columbia

The RCMP received a call at 10:17 am after someone found a capsized dinghy in Sechelt Inlet. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre was dispatched and the body of a 63-year-old man was recovered by helicopter at about 3 pm that day.

• Date: 03-Feb-2021
• City: Port Moody
• Water Location: Reed Point Marina
• Gender: Male
• Age: 74
• Province: British Columbia

Police, firefighters and paramedics were all called on February 3 to reports of an accidental drowning. They found the 74-year-old man at the scene but were unable to revive the Burnaby resident.

• Date: 02-Feb-2021
• City: Kamloops
• Water Location: North Thompson River
• Gender: Male
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

Emergency services were called to the North Thompson River at 7:30 pm on February 2 due to the report of a man gone under while attempting to swim across the river. He failed to resurface and search crews located his body a few days later.

• Date: 19-Jan-2021
• City: Saanich
• Water Location: Canoe Cove Marina
• Gender: Male
• Age: 64
• Province: British Columbia

A man drowned after he fell into the water at Canoe Cove Marina in approximately 5 metres of water. RCMP were called and pulled him to the surface where BC Ambulance Life Support services made attempts to revive the man but were unsuccessful.

• Date: 16-Jan-2021
• City: Kamloops
• Water Location: South Thompson River
• Gender: Male
• Age: 40s
• Province: British Columbia

At 11:30 am emergency crews were called to an area of the South Thompson River where a man had been seen in the water and not moving. The man had reportedly been in the water for fifteen minutes and was found unconscious. He was pulled from the water and sent to the hospital, where he passed away that night.

• Date: 14-Jan-2021
• City: Sooke
• Water Location: Ella Beach
• Gender: Male
• Age: 38
• Province: British Columbia

A man left Ella Beach on a Sunday afternoon kayaking and didn't return as expected by 4 pm. His kayak was found a half kilometre offshore from Macmillan Road, between Ella Beach and Whiffin Spit and the man is presumed to have drowned.

• Date: 08-Jan-2021
• City: Saanich
• Water Location: Brentwood Bay
• Gender: Unknown
• Age: Unknown
• Province: British Columbia

On January 8 Central Saanich Police confirmed that officers responded to a report of a drowning adult near the Brentwood Bay Ferry Terminal. When police arrived, the individual had already passed away.

• Date: 04-Jan-2021
• City: West Vancouver
• Water Location: Whyttecliff Park
• Gender: Male
• Age: 64
• Province: British Columbia

A man scuba diving at Whyttecliff Park was unconscious when pulled from the water around noon. Despite lifesaving efforts from bystanders and first responders, the man was unable to be revived.

• Date: 02-Jan-2021
• City: Pender Harbour
• Water Location: Ruby Lake
• Gender: Male
• Age: 22
• Province: British Columbia

Sunshine Coast RCMP were called at 1 am on Jan. 2 by friends worried about a man they had been with earlier and who had been missing from a cabin on Ruby Lake for several hours. While on route, police were notified that the man was found deceased in the water near the cabin.