Drowning Board & Map

• 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 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 near William R. Bennett Bridge scuba diving 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 was confirmed to have drowned on June 1.

• 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, 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 29-year-old.

• 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 left to swim unsupervised and was hurt. The boy 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 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 the Thursday prior for a 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: 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 the Brentwood Bay Ferry Terminal. When the police arrived, the individual had already passed away.

• 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.