Body of Alberta snowmobiler recovered from Yukon lake

Yukon's coroner says the body of a snowmobiler who went into a Yukon lake last weekhas been recovered.

The man has been identified as 36-year-old Jason Donald Keith, of Morinville, Alta. According to the Yukon Coroner's Service, Keith had been working withalocal outfitting company in Yukon.

Keith and two other men were travelling by snowmobile on the evening of Jan. 28 on Drury Lake, near Faro, when the accident happened.

In a news release on Wednesday, chief coroner Heather Jones said the men rode their machines into open water. RCMP had earlier saidthat Keith and another man had broken through the ice.

One of the men made it out of the water safely, but Keith disappeared and was presumed drowned.

His body, and the two snowmobiles, were found by an RCMP dive team on Sunday.

The coroner saysKeith's family described him as an avid outdoorsmanwho was passionate about hunting and guiding.