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Body of missing paddle boarder found in lake northwest of Edmonton

An RCMP cruiser is seen in this undated file photo. (CTV News) An RCMP cruiser is seen in this undated file photo. (CTV News)
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A 27-year-old man is dead after a paddle-boarding incident north of Edmonton.

Emergency crews were called to Figure 8 Lake near Dixonville, Alta., around 11:20 a.m. on Sunday.

It was reported that a man and a woman were on the lake on a single paddle board when it overturned.

The woman swam to shore, but the man never returned.

Mounties searched for the man by boat, air, and land.

On Tuesday morning around 8 a.m., his body was recovered from the lake.

Police sent their condolences to the man's family.

Dixonville is about 540 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. 

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