(UPDATE 7:40 p.m.) - The bodies of the three individuals who suffered a fatal fall from Shannon Falls have been retrieved.
"RCMP URT, ERT Specialized Aerial and Swiftwater Teams and Squamish SAR worked throughout the day to complete the complex recovery of all three people from Shannon Falls," stated Corporal Sascha Banks, Squamish RCMP,
She added that the Squamish SAR and RCMP conducted "incredibly skilled work" during their dangerous retrieval process.
The files will now be handed over to the B.C.'s Coroner's Service. Names of the deceased will not be released.
(UPDATE 1:00 p.m.) - Squamish RCMP confirmed the three people who went missing at Shannon Falls on Tuesday have been found dead.
The bodies of the individuals were located in a pool of water after the three fell from one of the pools atop Shannon Falls, south of Squamish.
@SquamishRCMP along with @SquamishSAR, ERT specialized teams, And URT are on scene and updates will be made available as they are known pic.twitter.com/h8IuTEyP7p
— Squamish RCMP (@SquamishRCMP) July 4, 2018
RCMP confirm the three people were all B.C. residents and were with a group of seven people when the incident happened.
No names are being released at this time.
(Original Story) - A team of local authorities are searching for three people who have slipped and fallen from the top of Shannon Falls near Squamish, B.C. into a pool 30-metres below.
On July 3 at 11:55 a.m. Squamish RCMP received a call from B.C. ambulance regarding the three people involved.
The three missing were apart of a larger group of friends swimming in one of the pools at the top of the falls.
Squamish Search and Rescue (SAR), Lions Bay SAR, BC Ambulance, Squamish Fire, TEAAM, BC Parks, and Squamish RCMP attended the scene in order to coordinate search efforts.
"SAR teams, multiple Helicopter Units and RCMP have been working in all capacities to locate the three people," stated Corporal Sascha Banks.
"As of 6 p.m. tonight we have been unable to visually see anyone in the pool system, but the terrain is difficult, very dangerous, and the water flow is heavy which is complicating the search."
None of the three people involved have been found at this time, but the search will continue through the night and into tomorrow when specialized RCMP and SAR teams will be on-site.
Trails leading to the pool system at the top of Shannon Falls will be closed for the remainder of the search.
Names of the three missing have not been disclosed, but families of the missing persons are being notified of the situation.
