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Search Continues for Paddleboarder missing on Okanagan Lake

Sep 23
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Vernon Search and Rescue boat Craft Legacy on Okanagan Lake Tuesday continues search for missing paddleboarder
A Search and Rescue craft searches the approximate area the missing paddleboarder was last seen

Search teams returned in daylight Wednesday as the hunt continued for a paddleboarder missing on Okanagan Lake.


VSAR and COSAR had boats on the water, later joined by an RCMP Air One helicopter.

RCMP Air 4 searches for missing Okanagan Lake Paddleboarder
RCMP Air 4 Joined the search today

Crews confirmed the area where a woman was pulled from the lake Tuesday night, then went back over points of interest flagged last night and early this morning.


Checked again in daylight, none of those spots turned out to be the missing person.


Vernon North Okanagan RCMP released official details this morning. Police say they were notified just before 7 p.m. Tuesday of a marine incident between Fintry Provincial Park and Carr’s Landing.



A man and a woman were in distress on paddleboards. A Kelowna Fire Rescue boat rescued the woman from the water. The man was not located.


Vernon Search and Rescue boat Craft Legacy on Okanagan Lake late Tuesday searching for missing paddleboarder off Fintry with another craft in background
Multiple Search Craft Searched Okanagan Lake into the early Morning

Sunset in the area was about 7:00 p.m., and it was dark by around 7:30 p.m. Gusting winds were reported about 8:30 p.m.


It is unknown weather the wind or darkness played a part. The circumstances that led to the incident have not been officially released.


Search Continues for Paddleboarder missing on Okanagan Lake

 
 
 

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