The RCMP dive team recovered the body of a man from Shuswap Lake on Monday.
The body was recovered at approximately 1:30 p.m. on May 13 in the vicinity where 59-year-old John Poole, of Calgary, was reported missing from Eagle Bay on May 1.
Police are working with the Coroner’s service to confirm the identity of the man.
The body was located using sophisticated sonar equipment made available by volunteers from the U.S.
Idaho couple Gene and Sandy Ralston volunteer their time and their specialized sonar equipment to find missing people in lakes. Poole’s family contacted the couple after they assisted with the recovery of the bodies of two teen boys from Nicola Lake near Merritt.
Poole was last heard from at approximately 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 when he text-messaged his wife with a picture of himself near Copper Island. He was staying at his vacation home in Wild Rose Bay and was seen fishing on Shuswap Lake that day.
At approximately 8 a.m. May 1, the man’s boat was found by a resident of the area. It was beached on the rocks and still in gear
Police do not believe Poole was wearing a life jacket.
