Missing man recovered from Kettle River

Rescue teams recovering a drowning victim from Cascade Falls last week, the last missing person from the party was located and recovered on Monday; Photo, Mona Mattei

Grand Forks Search and Rescue and Christina Lake Fire Department successfully recovered a body from the Cascade Cove area of the Kettle River, near Grand Forks.

The body, found Monday, Aug. 6, has been positively identified as the missing 50-year-old male visitor, Andrew Barrie. He is the last of the three people to be recovered following the July 28 rafting incident.

Barrie of Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland was vacationing with his wife, Carol and his 16-year-old son Andrew when the accident happened.

"Special thanks and a note of appreciation to the members of the Grand Forks Search and Rescue and Christina Lake Fire Department. They have worked extremely hard over the past week risking their safety to locate and recover the missing bodies," added Sgt. Dan Seibel of the Kootenay Boundary RCMP.

The B.C. Coroner's office remains the lead agency for the investigation into the accident.

See the Sentinel's coverage of this accident:

http://boundarysentinel.com/news/second-body-found-cascade-gorge-20205

http://boundarysentinel.com/news/two-missing-after-raft-swept-over-falls-20197#.UBXKoLRDySo

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