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.

On Monday at about 10 a.m., Mounties received reports that human remains had been found at Eleanor Lake.

The RCMP Water Transport Unit went to the lake to help, and the remains were later confirmed as those of Dan LeMay of Grunthal, Man.

RCMP believe the 50-year-old left the Pinewood Lodge around 4 p.m.on Feb. 21 to retrieve a broken snowmobile that was left in the town of Rennie, just west of the southeast Manitoba provincial park. Investigators thoughthe had run out ofgas somewhere on the nearly 40-kilometre stretch.

A search and rescue team combed through hundreds of kilometres in the Whiteshelllooking for LeMay, who was missing without food or water for three days.

On Feb. 23, police called off the search because theybelieved he had fallenthrough the ice.

"We strongly believe at this point that the snow machine entered the water and didn't resurface," RCMP Sgt. Paul Manaigresaid at the time.

"The area we've covered is extensive," Manaigre said."We couldn't locate anything possibly related to where LeMay could be, so we have to assume at this point that at this point he's entered the water."

RCMP weren't able to diveto search for his remains at the time because the currents were too dangerous for dive teams.

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Police call off search for missing snowmobiler

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A search and rescue team combed through hundreds of kilometres in southeastern Manitoba provincial park looking for Dan LeMay, 50, who had been missing without food or water since Sunday night.