Remains found of missing Manitoba snowmobiler presumed dead: RCMP
The remains of a snowmobiler who fell through the ice in Manitoba s Whiteshell Provincial Park in February have been found, RCMP say.
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Search party combed hundreds of kilometres of the Whiteshell for Dan LeMay, who went missing in February
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Posted: May 18, 2021 4:32 PM CT | Last Updated: May 18
Dan LeMay left the Pinewood Lodge in Whiteshell Provincial Park on his snowmobile Sunday evening. Police believe he fell through the iced-over Eleanor Lake and drowned.(Facebook)
The remains of a snowmobiler who fell through the ice in Manitoba s Whiteshell Provincial Park in February have been found, RCMP say.
Dan Lemay was declared dead after search parties could not locate the missing snowmobiler. (Jason Dyck/Facebook)
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A southern Manitoba family can rest easy knowing their missing love one s remains have been found.
Dan LeMay, a 50-year-old man, went missing during a snowmobile ride on February 21 near Lake Eleanor. At the time, he called in saying he was lost. Droves of people joined the search over the course of two days, but RCMP declared LeMay dead after believing he fell through the water.
“When we saw the evidence of where he had likely gone through the ice, knowing how thorough the search has been, we’re really quite confident that this is how it turned out, Wayne LeMay said after the outpouring of support to find his brother.
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The body of a missing snowmobiler from Grunthal has been located, nearly three months after he was last seen in the Whiteshell.
On February 21st, at approximately 11:25 pm, Lac du Bonnet RCMP received a report of an overdue snowmobiler. 50-year-old Dan Lemay from Grunthal left Pinewood Lodge on a snowmobile trip around 4 pm to retrieve a broken snowmobile that was left at Rennie. He had called a friend at approximately 7:15 pm, to advise that he was unsure of his location, but believed he was close to Nutimik Lake. He again contacted this individual at 9:15 pm saying he thought he was near Pinewood Lodge. That was the last contact with Lemay.
The RCMP says the body of a man missing since the winter has been found.
The remains of Dan Lemay were found Monday morning in Eleanor Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park.
Lemay, who was from Grunthal, Manitoba, was last seen on February 21st on his snowmachine.
A search was done at the time, but he wasn’t located and it was called off on February 23rd.
The RCMP’s Water Transport Unit was called out to assist.
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