Missing woman’s body found near McCulloch Lake

KELOWNA – The body of a 51-year-old woman who went missing from the McCulloch Lake recreation site on the weekend was found yesterday morning, Sept. 25.

She was last seen Saturday afternoon camping at the site west of Kelowna and family members reported her missing Tuesday evening.

Search and rescue teams from the Central Okanagan and Penticton started the search Tuesday evening and worked through the night on foot and with all terrain vehicles. They were joined Wednesday morning by search team members from Vernon.

With the help of Coldstream Helicopters, the woman’s body was found about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from Central Okanagan Search and Rescue.

The RCMP and B.C. Coroners Service are investigating.

The McCulloch Lake area is perhaps better known as Hydraulic Lake, southeast of Kelowna. 


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics

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