The seek for a 12-year-old boy who slipped and fell into the Winnipeg River in Whiteshell Provincial Park on Saturday is over.
An RCMP underwater restoration group discovered the physique of Usaid Habib round 1 a.m. Monday.
The drowning occurred at Sturgeon Falls shortly earlier than midday on Saturday.
The falls are a large set of rapids between Numao and Nutimik lakes, about 135 kilometres east of Winnipeg close to the Manitoba-Ontario border.
“We searched just about across the clock,” mentioned Tara Seel, media relations officer with RCMP in Manitoba.
The physique was recovered “a bit of methods” from the place he went in however not too far, she mentioned.
“These kind of circumstances on this space of Sturgeon Falls are are fairly difficult due to the rapids and the swift currents, so it was a problem however we have been very glad to have the ability to deliver the boy house to his household.”
The search was completed in collaboration with the Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Workforce, or HEART, which makes a speciality of underwater search and restoration.
“We used expertise of our personal and we additionally used a few of [the] HEART expertise, so that they positively assisted us in with the ability to make that location in a reasonably fast method, contemplating the currents and the rapids,” Seel mentioned.
A remotely operated automobile and sonar have been used. No divers went into the water due to the hazard.
Usaid was a scholar at St. Norbert Immersion college in Winnipeg.
His father, Danish Habib, informed CBC Information on Sunday that the household had been staying on the Nutimik Lake campground and hiked to Sturgeon Falls on Saturday morning.
Habib mentioned he was telling one other considered one of his sons to not get too near the water when he heard a scream. Usaid slipped off the rocks, fell into the water and was swept into the rapids, he mentioned.
Folks tried to rescue him however couldn’t attain him.
“My complete household was right here. Everyone noticed him drowning and we couldn’t do something for him,” Habib mentioned.
The Manitoba Islamic Affiliation wrote in a funeral announcement on Monday that “Usaid shall be sadly missed and lovingly remembered” by his dad and mom, brothers and different members of his prolonged household.
The boy helped out with each mosque occasion, together with serving meals, the affiliation mentioned.
The investigation into the boy’s demise continues. An post-mortem shall be carried out to substantiate the reason for demise, Seel mentioned.
RCMP have discovered the physique of a 12-year previous Winnipeg boy who drowned close to the rapids at Stugeon Falls. Usaid Habib and his household have been on a hike in Whiteshell Provincial Park early Saturday, when he slipped on rocks and fell into the fast-paced water.