POLICE: Swimmer drowns at Cascade Falls
By Boundary Sentinel
A young man who was swimming in the Kettle River near Cascade Falls is missing and presumed drowned. Nicholas Rypien, 19, of Fruitvale was swimming with a group of friends in the river near Christina Lake on July 31, when he got caught up in the rapids and was not seen again.
The Grand Forks RCMP were contacted at about 2:12 p.m. and Christina Lake Fire and Rescue was also called to attend. An immediate search of the river banks and water was conducted from the shore.
Nelson Search and Rescue and Nelson Swift Water team attended and the area was searched with probes. The RCMP helicopter from Vancouver joined the search and checked the river from the air.
All attempts to locate Rypien at this time have failed. Rypien is reported as a missing person and is presumed to be drowned.
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