Body of missing boater pulled from Sylvan Lake

The body of a missing boater was pulled from Sylvan Lake in central Alberta on Saturday morning.

The 43-year-old man went missing on Aug. 13, after the boat he was in overturned in the lake. He had just gone out in the boat with two other adults and a 10-year-old child from Sunbreaker Cove when a storm came up, RCMP said in an earlier news release.

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The child and two of the adults were able to stay with the boat until they could swim to shore.

RCMP said the body was recovered at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday after earlier searches were called off due to bad weather.

An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.

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