The RCMP from Cochrane, Alta., along with search and rescue crews from Kananaskis Emergency Services, have launched a search for some missing boaters on a lake in Kananaskis Country, about a two-hour drive west of Calgary.
Upper Kananaskis Lake is a popular recreation area for boaters, fishers and hikers. It is about a two-hour drive west of Calgary.
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Police received reports at around 4 p.m. Wednesday that a canoe with four people in it had capsized on Upper Kananaskis Lake.
Bystanders in the area were able to use boats and paddleboards to pull a 30-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman from the water.
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However, another man and woman, both in their 30s, are still missing.
This is the second water rescue effort in Kananaskis Country in recent weeks.
On Aug. 16, a 60-year-old man and a 30-year-old man drowned when their canoe capsized on Barrier Lake, just south of the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 40.
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