The bodies are those of six adults and two children - one below the age of three who had a Canadian passport, and another an infant who was also a Canadian citizen, CBC reported citing the police chief for the nearby Kanien'keha:ka community of Akwesasne, Shawn Dulude.
Members of an Indian family were among the eight persons who perished purportedly while attempting to cross the St Lawrence River into the United States at Akwesasne on Thursday.