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2 snowmobilers in B.C. dead after falling through frozen lake
Two snowmobilers fell through thin ice on Charlotte Lake and were missing for days before recovery, with no criminality suspected, police and coroner's service said.
- On Feb. 22, 2026, an RCMP Underwater Recovery Team recovered two bodies from frozen Charlotte Lake in B.C.'s Chilcotin region, with specialist ice-diving police divers attending the scene.
- Investigators say the pair broke through the ice on Feb. 17, and the lake refroze afterward, concealing the hazard, according to RCMP statements Monday.
- Reported missing on Feb. 20, the victims were a 65-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman from 100 Mile House, and neighbours who initiated the search found them beneath the ice while police in Anahim Lake were en route.
- Anahim Lake RCMP detachment commander Scott Clay urged caution; the BC Coroners Service is investigating, and police say no criminality is suspected.
- Charlotte Lake is about 50 kilometres south of Anahim Lake and about 220 kilometres west of Williams Lake, requiring specialist police divers and local responders in B.C.'s Chilcotin region.
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Two snowmobilers die after falling through ice in central B.C.: police
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