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Teen dies after canoe tips on N.W.T. lake

RCMP say searchers have recovered the body of a teenager who fell out of a canoe on Jackfish Lake.

One body recovered from water

RCMP in Norman Wells, N.W.T., have confirmed that a teenagerwho fell out of a canoe on Jackfish Lake Friday night has died.

Two teenage males were in thecanoe around 11 p.m. when it tipped.

One of the boys swam to shore, butthe secondwas not immediatelylocated.

His body was recovered by search crews at around 1:15 in the afternoon on Saturday, RCMP says.

Neither boy's name is being released at this time.