Searchers say they have recovered the body of a man who disappeared after jumping into the water to help his children in distress on July 1 at Lake Diefenbaker.
The incident happened near the Palliser Regional Park shoreline at about 11 a.m. on Canada Day.
According to a statement from the Saskatchewan RCMP on Friday, the Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team found the individual in Lake Diefenbaker during a search.
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Sask. RCMP search for missing man after disappearing into water on Lake Diefenbaker
Police and conservation officers recovered the body and confirmed it was the 36-year-old man from Central Butte who did not resurface after helping his children out of the water and into a boat, before disappearing.
RCMP say the family has been notified and his name will not be released.
– with files from Jonathan Guignard