Slocan Lake Canoe Accident: 2 Teen Boys, 1 Man Missing

Written by CBC News - British Columbia - Canada - 11 May 2014

A 19-year-old woman is dead and three other people are missing after their canoe overturned on Slocan Lake, north of Nelson, B.C., Saturday afternoon.

People who knew Lily Harmer-Taylor have identified her as the woman who died in hospital in New Denver after being found unconscious in the canoe.

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