A 26-year-old man drowned in North Vancouver’s Rice Lake Saturday afternoon.
Firefighters say they were called to the lake around 3:30 p-m and though bystanders and emergency responders performed C-P-R on the man, he did not survive.
North Vancouver Assistant Fire Chief Dwayne Derban says the lake is mostly for fishing and not for swimming.
He says overestimating your swimming abilities can put both you and potential rescuers at risk.