The body of a A 34-year-old man from North Vancouver was found after he went missing after falling of a personal watercraft into Osoyoos Lake around 6 p.m., Sunday, June 28, according to a RCMP media release. Credit: arrivalstravel.com

Search continues for man missing in Osoyoos Lake

PENTICTON – Search and Rescue volunteers and the RCMP dive team have joined the search for a missing man in Osoyoos Lake today.

The 34-year-old man from West Vancouver went missing after falling of a personal watercraft into the lake around 6 p.m., Sunday, June 28, according to a RCMP media release.

Police say the missing man was riding on the jet ski with a woman, who flagged down a nearby sailboat and was rescued. Investigators do not believe the man was wearing a personal floatation device. 

An extensive search of the lake prior to nightfall was conducted Sunday night by officers and several boaters, but no sign of the man.

The search resumed late this morning after being delayed by bad weather.

The missing man's name hasn't been released.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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